A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa © John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
Home	Damselflies	Dragonflies	Morphology
Pseudagrion  acaciae	Acacia Sprite		Akasiagesie
South African/African distribution records	South African Red  List assessment	Red List assessments
ADULT MALES
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES
AGED MALES
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
	MALE COMPARISONS
ADULT MALE SPRITES WITH RED EYES
ACACIA vs CHERRY-EYE SPRITE
ACACIA vs PAINTED SPRITE (RACE HAGENI)		ACACIA vs PAINTED SPRITE (RACE TROPICANUM)
ACACIA vs MASAI SPRITE		ACACIA vs VAAL SPRITE
ACACIA vs VARIABLE SPRITE
	SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS
Pseudagrion sublacteum - Cherry-eye Sprite (Young males)
ADULT FEMALES
YOUNG FEMALES
AGED FEMALES
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
	FEMALE COMPARISONS
ACACIA vs BLACK SPRITE		ACACIA VS SWARTHY SPRITE
ACACIA vs MASAI SPRITE		ACACIA vs CHERRY-EYE SPRITE
ACACIA vs VAAL SPRITE		ACACIA vs VARIABLE SPRITE
ACACIA vs OTHER SPRITE FEMALES
	SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES
Pseudagrion commoniae - Black Sprite	Pseudagrion hamoni - Swarthy Sprite	Pseudagrion massaicum - Masai Sprite	Pseudagrion sublacteum - Cherry-eye Sprite
Pseudagrion vaalense - Vaal Sprite
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