Uranothauma antinorii

Uranothauma antinorii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Uranothauma
Species:	U. antinorii
Binomial name
Uranothauma antinorii (Oberthür, 1883)
Synonyms
Lycaena antinorii Oberthür, 1883 Cupido felthami Stevenson, 1934 Uranothauma antinorii f. albicans Talbot, 1935 Uranothauma antinorii f. splendens Stoneham, 1937 Uranothauma antinorii f. magnificans Stoneham, 1937

Uranothauma antinorii, the blue heart or Antinori's branded blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of edges of submontane forests.

It has (recto) dark violet forewings bordered with blackish, and bluish-grey hindwings darker at the margin and base.

Subspecies

• Uranothauma antinorii antinorii (highlands Ethiopia)
• Uranothauma antinorii bamendanus Libert, 1993 (Nigeria, highlands Cameroon)
• Uranothauma antinorii felthami (Stevenson, 1934) (Kenya: west and the central highlands, Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba and Shaba, northern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)