Azuragrion nigridorsum
| Azuragrion nigridorsum | |
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| Male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Azuragrion |
| Species: | A. nigridorsum |
| Binomial name | |
| Azuragrion nigridorsum (Selys, 1876) | |
Azuragrion nigridorsum, the black-tailed bluet or sailing bluet, is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs.
References
- Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Azuragrion nigridorsum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 August 2007.
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