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

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
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
  • Male
  • Male
  • Male abdomen
  • Male head
  • Mating pair
  • Mating pair

References
  1. F. Suhling (2010). "Africallagma sapphirinum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Tarboton, W.R.; Tarboton, M. (2005). A fieldguide to the damselflies of South Africa. ISBN 0620338784.


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