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Lowland Branded Blue

Uranothauma falkensteini

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

Most of these species of butterfly are found in the sub-montane forests of East Africa

Habitat:

Seen with several other species of small butterflies, mud-puddling on damp patches on a dirt road running through the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, SW Uganda.

Reference Links:

Butterflies of Africa - Uranothauma falkensteini

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PublishedAugust 17, 2014

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