| Uranothauma | |
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| Uranothauma crawshayi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Uranothauma Butler, 1895 |
Uranothauma is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Small to medium-sized (wingspan 27-40 millimetres) blues. The hindwings have a thin tail at the hind corner. The uppersides of the males are bluish, the females brown with darker spots. The undersides are brownish-white with brownish-orange transverse stripes and dark brown rings. Most of the species live in high-altitude (montane) forests. The larvae live mostly on the genera Acacia and Albizia (mimosa family), but can also occur on plants in the family Euphorbiaceae.
