Africallagma sapphirinum

Africallagma sapphirinum
Male
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific 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)

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]

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]

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  Immature male
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  Immature male
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  Male
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  Male
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  Male abdomen
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  Male head
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  Mating pair
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  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. Warwick & Michèle Tarboton. ISBN   0620338784.

External links

• Sapphire bluet Species text in the Online Atlas of South African Odonata