A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa © John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
Home	Damselflies	Dragonflies	Morphology
Pseudagrion hageni tropicanum	Painted Sprite (Northern race)		Blanketselgesie
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
RACE HAGENI vs RACE TROPICANUM
PAINTED SPRITE RACE TROPICANUM vs HARLEQUIN SPRITE		PAINTED SPRITE RACE TROPICANUM vs ACACIA SPRITE
PAINTED SPRITE RACE TROPICANUM vs MASAI SPRITE		PAINTED SPRITE RACE TROPICANUM vs CHERRY-EYE SPRITE
PAINTED SPRITE RACE TROPICANUM vs VARIABLE SPRITE		PAINTED SPRITE RACE TROPICANUM vs VAAL SPRITE
PAINTED SPRITE RACE TROPICANUM vs SPRINGWATER SPRITE (YELLOW EYE AND FACE)
	SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS
Pseudagrion hageni hageni Painted Sprite race hageni		Pseudagrion newtoni - Harlequin Sprite
ADULT FEMALES
YOUNG FEMALES
AGED FEMALES
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
	FEMALE COMPARISONS
PAINTED SPRITE RACE TROPICANUM vs PAINTED SPRITE RACE HAGENI		PAINTED SPRITE RACE TROPICANUM vs HARLEQUIN SPRITE
PAINTED SPRITE RACE TROPICANUM vs MAKABUSI SPRITE
	SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS
Pseudagrion hageni hageni Painted Sprite race hageni	Pseudagrion newtoni - Harlequin Sprite	Pseudagrion makabusiense Makabusi Sprite (Young female)
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