''Uranothauma frederikkae'', the Cameroon branded blue, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
and
Cameroon.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)]
/ref> The habitat consists of submontane forests at altitudes above 1,300 meters.
Subspecies
*''Uranothauma frederikkae frederikkae'' (Nigeria, Cameroon)
*''Uranothauma frederikkae manengoubensis'' Libert, 1993 (Cameroon)
References
Butterflies described in 1993
Uranothauma
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