Aciagrion gracile

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Aciagrion gracile
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Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Aciagrion
Species:
A. gracile
Binomial name
Aciagrion gracile
(Sjöstedt, 1909)
Synonyms [2]
  • Mombagrion gracileSjöstedt, 1909
  • Aciagrion attenuatumFraser, 1928
  • Aciagrion hamoniFraser, 1955
  • Aciagrion pinheyiSamways, 2001

Aciagrion gracile, commonly known as the graceful slim, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Kenya.

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Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. [1]

Male graceful slim. Berg-en-Dal, Kruger National Park Aciagrion gracile 001872-1s.jpg
Male graceful slim. Berg-en-Dal, Kruger National Park

References

  1. 1 2 Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Suhling, F. (2018). "Aciagrion gracile". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T59781A75303637. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T59781A75303637.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama . Retrieved 5 October 2024.


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