Uranothauma poggei
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Uranothauma |
| Species: | U. poggei
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Uranothauma poggei, the striped heart, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, western Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu, Lualaba and Shaba), western Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Angola, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland and the edges of forests.
Adults are on wing from August to October and from February to May in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera.
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- ^ Uranothauma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1879
- Uranothauma
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by Hermann Dewitz
- Polyommatini stubs