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Mountain Malachite Female Close-up-1

Mountain Malachite, Chlorolestes fasciatus, Bergmalagiet    Flag of South Africa.svg     Africa

Mountain Malachite Female Close-up Images as identification aid of damselfly species Mountain Malachite, Chlorolestes fasciatus, Bergmalagiet

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100 332 Chlorolestes fasciatus Mountain Malachite Male Laduma LP RSA Dec 2018r 6 Image Gallery

100 393 Chlorolestes fasciatus Mountain Malachite Female Dap Naude Dam LP RSA Dec 2015r 1 Female

100 333 Chlorolestes fasciatus Mountain Malachite Female Moncs Cowl KZN RSA Jan 2020r 2Female

 

 

 

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Distribution:

Pseudagrion draconis Mountain Sprite Distribution Map July 2020Distribution Map

South Africa Physical MapTopographical Map

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South Africa:

  • Endemic to South Africa,   Flag of South Africa.svg
  • From the Western Cape mountains through to the mountains of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. In the Drakensberg, it may reach 2 100 m elevation. 

Learn more about species in Sprite A-group

100 062 Pseudagrion inopinatum Balinsky s Sprite Male Badplaas MP RSA Febr 2019r 12Balinsky's Sprite.
Pseudagrion inopinatum.

100 846 Pseudagrion gamblesi Great Sprite Male Swadini LP RSA May 2021r 2Great Sprite.
Pseudagrion gamblesi.

100 458 Pseudagrion newtoni Harlequin Sprite Male Mac Mac Falls Sabi MP RSA Febr 2020r 1Harlequin Sprite,
Pseudagrion newtoni.

100 218 Pseudagrion makabusience Makabusi Sprite Male Welgevonden RSA Dec 2017r 5Makabusi Sprite
Pseudagrion makabusience

1 575 Male Enuokeni KZN RSA Feb 2020r 22Mountain Sprite,
Pseudagrion draconis

100 418 Pseudagrion hageni Painted Sprite Male Moreletta GP RSA Jan 2017r 1Painted SpritePseudagrion hageni

108 023 Pseudagrion furcigerrum Palmiet Sprite Male Kogelberg Western Cape 19 10 2016Palmiet Sprite
Pseudagrion furcigerrum

100 252 Pseudagrio Kersteni Powder faced Sprite Male Tzaneen LP RSA Mch 2016r 1Powder-faced Sprite,
Pseudagrio Kersteni

100 107 Pseudagrion salisbryense Slate Sprite Male WSBG GP RSA Dec 2014r 1Slate Sprite
Pseudagrion salisbryense

100 3754 Pseudagrion caffrum Springwater Sprite Male Belfast MPDec 2022r 2Springwater Sprite
Pseudagrion caffrum

100 481 Pseudagrion spernatum Upland Sprite Male Sabi LP RSA Dec 2015r 1Upland Sprite
Pseudagrion spernatum

100 437 Pseudagrion citricola Yellow faced Sprite Old Male Bronkhorstspruit GP RSA Sept 2015r 6Yellow-faced Sprite
Pseudagrion citricola

  • B-Group
  • To view a list of B-Group Sprite images Click HERE
Further reading:

Websites of interest

IUCNThe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Least ConcernD D IDA Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa