Aciagrion gracile
| Aciagrion gracile | |
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| Male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Aciagrion |
| Species: | A. gracile
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| Binomial name | |
| Aciagrion gracile (Sjöstedt, 1909)
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Aciagrion gracile (graceful slim) is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Kenya.
Taxonomy
Aciagrion gracile, Aciagrion hamoni and Aciagrion pinheyi have many similarities; the taxonomy and identification of this group requires revision.[2]
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.[1]
Gallery
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Male graceful slim. Berg-en-Dal, Kruger National Park
References
- ^ a b Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2010). "Aciagrion gracile". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T59781A11984141. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T59781A11984141.en. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Clausnitzer, V. (2014). The dragonflies and damselflies of eastern Africa. Tervuren: Royal Museum for Central Africa. ISBN 978-94-916-1506-1.
External links
Media related to Aciagrion gracile at Wikimedia Commons
