Africallagma sapphirinum
| Africallagma sapphirinum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Africallagma |
| Species: | A. sapphirinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Africallagma sapphirinum (Pinhey, 1950) | |
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 the grassland biome, 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
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Male abdomen
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Male head
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Mating pair
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Mating pair
References
- ↑ F. Suhling (2010). "Africallagma sapphirinum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- 1 2 3 Tarboton, W.R.; Tarboton, M. (2005). A fieldguide to the damselflies of South Africa. ISBN 0620338784.
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