Aciagrion
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Aciagrion is a genus of damselfly
in family Coenagrionidae
. It has a wide range from Africa, through Indonesia to Australia. They are commonly known as Slims.
It contains the following species:
Damselfly
Damselflies are insects in the order Odonata. Damselflies are similar to dragonflies, but the adults can be distinguished by the fact that the wings of most damselflies are held along, and parallel to, the body when at rest...
in family Coenagrionidae
Coenagrionidae
The insect family Coenagrionidae is found in the order Odonata and the suborder Zygoptera. The Zygoptera are the damselflies, which although less known than the dragonflies, are no less common. There are more than 1100 species in this family, making it the largest damselfly family...
. It has a wide range from Africa, through Indonesia to Australia. They are commonly known as Slims.
It contains the following species:
- Aciagrion africanumAciagrion africanumAciagrion africanum is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Tanzania...
- Aciagrion approximans
- Aciagrion azureum
- Aciagrion balachowskyi
- Aciagrion borneense
- Aciagrion brosseti
- Aciagrion congoense
- Aciagrion dondoense - Opal Slim
- Aciagrion fasciculare
- Aciagrion feuerborni
- Aciagrion fragilis (or fragile) - Blue Slim
- Aciagrion gracileAciagrion gracileAciagrion gracile is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Kenya...
- Aciagrion hamoniAciagrion hamoniAciagrion hamoni is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, shrub-dominated wetlands, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater...
- Aciagrion heterostictaAciagrion heterostictaAciagrion heterosticta is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater...
- Aciagrion hisopa
- Aciagrion huaanensis
- Aciagrion karamoja
- Aciagrion macrootithenaeAciagrion macrootithenaeAciagrion macrootithenae is a damselfly described by Pinhey in 1972.-References:Suhling, F. 2007. Aciagrion macrootithenae. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 22 April 2008....
- Aciagrion migratum
- Aciagrion nodosum
- Aciagrion occidentale
- Aciagrion olympicum
- Aciagrion pallidum
- Aciagrion pinheyi - Emerald-striped Slim
- Aciagrion rarumAciagrion rarumAciagrion rarum is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Angola and Zambia. Its natural habitats are rivers and swamps.-Source:* Suhling, F. 2005. . Downloaded on 9 August 2007....
- Aciagrion steeleaeAciagrion steeleaeAciagrion steeleae is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, and possibly Tanzania...
- Aciagrion tillyardi
- Aciagrion tonsillare
- Aciagrion walteri
- Aciagrion zambiense