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Common Threadtail
Elattoneura glauca
Elattoneura glauca is a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae known commonly as the common threadtail and grey threadtail. It is native to the southern half of the African continent, where it is widespread. It lives in shady areas along rivers and streams.
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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 99769.