- Ceriagrion glabrum
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Ceriagrion glabrum 
Adult male Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Family: Coenagrionidae Genus: Ceriagrion Species: C. glabrum Binomial name Ceriagrion glabrum
(Burmeister, 1839)Synonyms Agrion ferrugineum
Young adult female
Ceriagrion glabrum is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. It is found in sub-saharan Africa, specifically Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, marsh lands, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, and freshwater springs.
The males are orange and green coloured whilst the females range from light brown to dark brown depending on their maturity. The darkened colours in females aid in reproduction.
References
- Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Ceriagrion glabrum.
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Downloaded on August 9, 2007.
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