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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uranothauma delatorum is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya (the western part of the country and the central highlands), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the eastern part of the country to Ituri and Kivu), Burundi and western and northern Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
| Uranothauma delatorum | |
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| Uranothaums delatorum, male, female, Uganda, from original description. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Uranothauma |
| Species: | U. delatorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Uranothauma delatorum | |
Adult males mud-puddle and are attracted to cow and horse manure.
The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera and Acacia species.
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