A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa © John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
Home	Damselflies	Dragonflies	Morphology
Pseudagrion hageni hageni	Painted Sprite (Southern race)/ Orange-backed Painted Sprite		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 HAGENI vs HARLEQUIN SPRITE		PAINTED SPRITE RACE HAGENI vs CHERRY-EYE SPRITE
PAINTED SPRITE RACE HAGENI vs VARIABLE SPRITE		PAINTED SPRITE RACE HAGENI vs MASAI SPRITE
PAINTED SPRITE RACE HAGENI vs VAAL SPRITE
	SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS
Pseudagrion hageni tropicanum (Young males)
ADULT FEMALES
YOUNG FEMALES
AGED FEMALES
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
	FEMALE COMPARISONS
PAINTED SPRITE RACE HAGENI vs PAINTED SPRITE RACE TROPICANUM		PAINTED SPRITE RACE HAGENI vs HARLEQUIN SPRITE
PAINTED SPRITE RACE HAGENI vs MAKABUSI SPRITE
	SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS
Pseudagrion hageni tropicanum - Painted Sprite race hageni	Pseudagrion Newtoni - Harlequin Sprite	Pseudagrion Makabusiense - Makabusi Sprite
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