A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa © John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
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Pseudagrion commoniae	Black Sprite		Swartgesie
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 EYES BLACK ABOVE AND RED BELOW
BLACK SPRITE vs SWARTHY SPRITE
	SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS
Pseudagrion hamoni - Swarthy Sprite
ADULT FEMALES
YOUNG FEMALES
AGED FEMALES
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
	FEMALE COMPARISONS
BLACK SPRITE vs SWARTHY SPRITE
BLACK SPRITE vs MASAI SPRITE		BLACK SPRITE vs CHERRY-EYE SPRITE
BLACK SPRITE vs VAAL SPRITE		BLACK SPRITE vs ACACIA SPRITE
BLACK SPRITE vs VARIABLE SPRITE
	SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS
Pseudagrion acacia - Acacia Sprite	Pseudagrion hamoni - Swarthy Sprite	Pseudagrion massaicum - Masai Sprite	Pseudagrion sublacteum - Cherry-eye Sprite
Pseudagrion vaalense - Vaal Sprite
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