Pseudagrion kersteni
Pseudagrion kersteni, powder-striped sprite, Kersten's sprite or the powder-striped sprite, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitat is rivers.
Female Kersten's sprite
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Pseudagrion |
| Species: | P. kersteni |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudagrion kersteni (Gerstäcker, 1869) | |
References
- Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Schneider, W.; Samraoui, B. (2016). "Pseudagrion kersteni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60022A83866736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60022A83866736.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
External links
Media related to Pseudagrion kersteni at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Pseudagrion kersteni at Wikispecies- Pseudagrion kersteni on African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online
- Illustration (watercolour) by Sélys
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