Size: 38-57mm; Wingspan 60-74mm
Mature ♂︎ best identified by the black pterostigma.
♀ and young ♂︎ have a well marked olive thorax.
The last segment of the abdomen is black, contrasting with the white cerci.
The rspl loop has only one row of cells (very seldom a few double cells)
1. country | Botswana, Namibia |
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2. ecoregion | Kalahari, Karstveld Sink Holes, Namib Coastal, Upper Zambezi Floodplains, Western Orange, Zambezi Lowveld |
3. body length | medium |
4. dominant body colour - male | blue, blue & black |
5. dominant body colour - female | yellow & black |
6. wing markings - extent | none |
7. wing markings - colour | none |
8. pterostigma colour | pale |
9. typical wing position | open |