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Palpopleura portia
Male
Female Both in Ghana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Palpopleura
Species:	P. portia
Binomial name
Palpopleura portia (Drury, 1773)

Palpopleura portia, the portia widow, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs.

• Male, Gambia
• Female, Gambia
• Female, Senegal

References

1. Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Suhling, F. (2016). "Palpopleura portia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59970A85935418. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59970A85935418.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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