Aciagrion gracile

Species of damselfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Odonata
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Aciagrion gracile
Male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Aciagrion
Species:
A. gracile
Binomial name
Aciagrion gracile
(Sjöstedt, 1909)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mombagrion gracile Sjöstedt, 1909
  • Aciagrion attenuatum Fraser, 1928
  • Aciagrion hamoni Fraser, 1955
  • Aciagrion pinheyi Samways, 2001
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Habitat

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]

Male graceful slim. Berg-en-Dal, Kruger National Park

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