Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879) is a animal in the Lycaenidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)

Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)

Uranothauma falkensteini, the lowland branded blue, is a Lycaenidae butterfly found across many African countries that lives in forests.

Family
Genus
Uranothauma
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)

Uranothauma falkensteini, commonly known as the lowland branded blue, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Lycaenidae. This species can be found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, the Cross River loop of Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Its habitat is made up of forests.

Photo: (c) Jakob Fahr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jakob Fahr · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Lycaenidae Uranothauma

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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