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Pseudagrion
Pseudagrion is the largest genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae, with over 140 species. Its range includes most of Africa, much of Asia, and Australia. Africa holds most of the diversity with almost 100 species. It has occupied most of the freshwater habitats in its range, and dominates damselfly communities in habitats as different as desert pools, equatorial rainforests and montane streams.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 172 known species
Pseudagrion siamense
speciesPseudagrion siamense
Australian Blue Riverdamsel
speciesPseudagrion crenatum
Orange-faced Sprite
speciesPseudagrion rubriceps
Powder-faced Sprite
speciesPseudagrion kersteni
Red Sprite
speciesPseudagrion pilidorsum
Blue Riverdamsel
speciesPseudagrion microcephalum
Three Striped Blue Dart
speciesPseudagrion decorum
Maasai Sprite
speciesPseudagrion massaicum
Flame-headed Riverdamsel
speciesPseudagrion ignifer
Salisbury Sprite
speciesPseudagrion salisburyense
Grey Sprite
speciesPseudagrion pruinosum
Hagen's Sprite
speciesPseudagrion hageni
Hamon's Sprite
speciesPseudagrion hamoni
Cherry-eye Sprite
speciesPseudagrion sublacteum
Gold-fronted Riverdamsel
speciesPseudagrion aureofrons
Look-alike Sprite
speciesPseudagrion australasiae
Palmiet Sprite
speciesPseudagrion furcigerum
Mountain Sprite
speciesPseudagrion draconis
yellow-striped blue dart
speciesPseudagrion indicum
Malabar sprite
speciesPseudagrion malabaricum
Catshead Sprite
speciesPseudagrion coeleste
Natal Sprite
speciesPseudagrion spernatum
Pseudagrion syriacum
speciesPseudagrion syriacum
Ruddy-legged sprite
speciesPseudagrion malgassicum
Northern Riverdamsel
speciesPseudagrion cingillum
Pseudagrion declaratum
speciesPseudagrion declaratum
Brook Sprite
speciesPseudagrion spencei
Pseudagrion ustum
speciesPseudagrion ustum
Yellow-faced Sprite
speciesPseudagrion citricola
Black Sprite
speciesPseudagrion commoniae
Bright Sprite
speciesPseudagrion punctum
Farmbush Sprite
speciesPseudagrion melanicterum
Acacia Sprite
speciesPseudagrion acaciae
Pseudagrion williamsoni
speciesPseudagrion williamsoni
Dusky Riverdamsel
speciesPseudagrion jedda
Pseudagrion deflexum
speciesPseudagrion deflexum
Blue-sided Sprite
speciesPseudagrion sudanicum
Variable Sprite
speciesPseudagrion sjoestedti
Pseudagrion crocops
speciesPseudagrion crocops
Bluetail Sprite
speciesPseudagrion nubicum
Blue-green Sprite
speciesPseudagrion glaucescens
Pseudagrion torridum
speciesPseudagrion torridum
Dark Sprite
speciesPseudagrion deningi
Citrine-headed Riverdamsel
speciesPseudagrion lucifer
Vaal Sprite
speciesPseudagrion vaalense
Gambel's Sprite
speciesPseudagrion gamblesi
Pseudagrion pirata
speciesPseudagrion pirata
Assegai Sprite
speciesPseudagrion assegaii
Makabusi Sprite
speciesPseudagrion makabusiense
Elk-horn sprite
speciesPseudagrion alcicorne
Pseudagrion hypermelas
speciesPseudagrion hypermelas
Slender Sprite
speciesPseudagrion glaucum
Springwater Sprite
speciesPseudagrion caffrum
Harlequin Sprite
speciesPseudagrion newtoni
Eyeshadow Sprite
speciesPseudagrion dispar
Javan Blue-Sprite
speciesPseudagrion nigrofasciatum
Pseudagrion coarctatum
speciesPseudagrion coarctatum
Hook-tailed sprite
speciesPseudagrion hamulus
Pseudagrion perfuscatum
speciesPseudagrion perfuscatum
Estes's Sprite
speciesPseudagrion estesi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91391.