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Pseudagrion caffrum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Coenagrionidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Odonata

Genus
  
Pseudagrion

Pseudagrion caffrum

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Pseudagrion caffrum, the springwater sprite is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland. Its natural habitats include montane streams with grassy banks.

A medium-sized damselfly (length 31–3 mm; wingspan 39–47 mm). The face is black and yellow and it lacks post-ocular spots. The eyes are black above and yellow below. The synthorax is dark blue above and the sides are pale, pruinescent blue. The abdomen is dark blue above and yellow green below, ageing to pruinescent grey.

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Pseudagrion caffrum Wikipedia