Aciagrion gracile
Aciagrion gracile | |
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Male | |
Scientific classification | |
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] | |
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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.
Habitat
[edit]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]
Gallery
[edit]- Male graceful slim. Berg-en-Dal, Kruger National Park
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Aciagrion gracile at Wikimedia Commons