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Uranothauma

Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Uranothauma
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Uranothauma is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm.

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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.

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Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Wikipedia article at no:Uranothauma; see its history for attribution.

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