Africallagma sapphirinum

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]

Africallagma sapphirinum
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Africallagma
Species:
A. sapphirinum
Binomial name
Africallagma sapphirinum
(Pinhey, 1950)

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]

  • Immature male
    Immature male
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    Immature male
  • Male
    Male
  • Male
    Male
  • Male abdomen
    Male abdomen
  • Male head
    Male head
  • Mating pair
    Mating pair
  • Mating pair
    Mating pair

References
  1. Suhling, F. (2017). "Africallagma sapphirinum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T63218A75318064. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T63218A75318064.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Tarboton, W.R.; Tarboton, M. (2005). A fieldguide to the damselflies of South Africa. ISBN 0620338784.


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