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Africallagma sapphirinum
Male
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Africallagma
Species:	A. sapphirinum
Binomial name
Africallagma sapphirinum (Pinhey, 1950)

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.

This species is found in grassland, where its natural habitat is ponds and lakes with floating aquatic plants.

This bluet is 24–28 mm long, with a wingspan of 26–33 mm. The thorax is sapphire-blue with black 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.

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References

1. Suhling, F. (2017). "Africallagma sapphirinum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T63218A75318064. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T63218A75318064.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. ^ Tarboton, W.R.; Tarboton, M. (2005). A fieldguide to the damselflies of South Africa. Warwick & Michèle Tarboton. ISBN 0620338784.

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