Africallagma sapphirinum
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Africallagma |
| Species: | A. sapphirinum
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| Binomial name | |
| Africallagma sapphirinum (Pinhey, 1950)
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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]
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
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]
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References
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0620338784.