Cherry-eye sprite | |
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Male | |
Conservation status
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Coenagrionidae |
Genus: | Pseudagrion |
Species: | P. sublacteum
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Binomial name | |
Pseudagrion sublacteum (Karsch, 1893)
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Pseudagrion sublacteum or cherry-eye sprite is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Africa from northern South Africa to West and North Africa, and in the Middle East.[1]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical streams and rivers.[1]
A medium-sized damselfly (length 32–41 mm; wingspan 42–48 mm).[2] The face is brick red and the front of the eyes are cherry-red; the back of the eyes are black above and green below; it has mauvish reddish brown post-ocular spots that are joined by a stripe of the same colour. The synthorax is mauvish brown (ageing to purplish brown) with black stripes above; the sides are light blue. The abdomen is black above and green below; segments eight and nine are bright blue with narrow black rings at their ends and segment ten is black above with bright blue sides.[3] Cerci are longer than paraprocts, which are hatchet shaped with a dorsal knob.[4]