Africallagma sapphirinum
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Africallagma sapphirinum (Pinhey, 1950)
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Africallagma sapphirinum, the sapphire bluet, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is locally common.[2]
This species is found in grassland, where its natural habitat is ponds and lakes with floating aquatic plants.[2]
This bluet is 24–28 mm long, with a wingspan of 26–33 mm. The thorax is sapphire-blue with black dorsal and antehumeral stripes. The abdomen is deep blue and black; segments one to five are mainly sapphire-blue with a discontinuous black dorsal stripe, segments eight and nine are blue and segments six, seven and ten are mostly black.[2]
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Immature male
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Immature male
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Male
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Male abdomen
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Mating pair
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Mating pair
References
- ^ F. Suhling (2010). "Africallagma sapphirinum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
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(help) - ^ a b c Tarboton, W.R.; Tarboton, M. (2005). A fieldguide to the damselflies of South Africa. ISBN 0620338784.