Swamp Bluet

Africallagma glaucum

Summary 2

Africallagma glaucum is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Botswana, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Réunion, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater spring

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More Info

iNat Map

1. country Botswana, Namibia
2. ecoregion Kalahari, Karstveld Sink Holes, Namib Coastal, Okavango Floodplains, Southern Kalahari, Southern Temperate Highveld, Zambezi Lowveld
3. body length small
4. dominant body colour - male blue & black
5. dominant body colour - female brown & black
6. wing markings - extent none
7. wing markings - colour none
8. pterostigma colour dark
9. typical wing position closed