Aciagrion africanum

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Aciagrion africanum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Aciagrion
Species:
A. africanum
Binomial name
Aciagrion africanum
Martin, 1908
Synonyms
  • Mombagrion congoenseSjöstedt, 1917
  • Aciagrion congoense(Sjöstedt, 1917)
  • Pseudagrion pseudoerythrommaSchmidt, 1936

Aciagrion africanum is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

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References

  1. Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Aciagrion africanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T59779A75301493. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59779A75301493.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.