Uranothauma is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Small to medium-sized (wingspan 27-40 millimetres) blues. The hindwings have a thin tail at the hind corner. The uppersides of the males are bluish, the females brown with darker spots. The undersides are brownish-white with brownish-orange transverse stripes and dark brown rings. Most of the species live in high-altitude (montane) forests. The larvae live mostly on the genera Acacia and Albizia (mimosa family), but can also occur on plants in the family Euphorbiaceae.
Species Uranothauma antinorii (Oberthür, 1883) Uranothauma artemenes (Mabille, 1880) Uranothauma belcastroi Larsen, 1997 Uranothauma confusa Kielland, 1989 Uranothauma cordatus (Sharpe, 1892) Uranothauma crawshayi Butler, 1895 Uranothauma cuneatum Tite, 1958 Uranothauma delatorum Heron, 1909 Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879) Uranothauma frederikkae Libert, 1993 Uranothauma heritsia (Hewitson, 1876) Uranothauma kilimensis Kielland, 1985 Uranothauma lukwangule Kielland, 1987 Uranothauma lunifer (Rebel, 1914) Uranothauma nguru Kielland, 1985 Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895) Uranothauma poggei (Dewitz, 1879) Uranothauma uganda Kielland, 1980 Uranothauma usambarae Kielland, 1980 Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951 Uranothauma williamsi Carcasson, 1961 Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Wikipedia article at :no:Uranothauma; see its history for attribution. External links "Uranothauma Butler, 1895" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 73 and more