As with my SE Asian list, this Southern African list is simply a list of those southern African species that I have encountered. This is because I’m not making regular trips there.
There are several species in this list that I’ve bumped into elsewhere – not actually in Southern Africa, that is ; species that have a wider range – and two handfuls that we encountered during our Namibian safari in 2017.
Zygoptera (Damselflies)
- Ceriagrion glabrum (Common Citril/Common Orange)
- Phaon iridipennis (Glistening Demoiselle)
- Pseudagrion deningi (Dark Sprite)
- Pseudagrion hamoni (Swarthy Sprite)
- Pseudagrion massaicum (Massai Sprite)
- Pseudagrion sublacteum (Cherry-eye Sprite)
- Pseudagrion sudanicum (Blue-sided Sprite)
Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
- Acisoma panorpoides (Grizzled Pintail/Trumpet Tail)
- Anax ephippiger (Vagrant Emperor)
- Brachythemis lacustris (Red Groundling)
- Crocothemis erythraea (Broad Scarlet/Scarlet Darter)
- Crocothemis sanguinolenta (Small Scarlet)
- Diplacodes deminuts (Little Percher)
- Orthetrum chrysostigma (Epaulet Skimmer)
- Orthetrum abbotti (Little Skimmer)
- Orthetrum stemmale (Bold Skimmer)
- Orthetrum julia (Julia Skimmer)
- Orthetrum trinacria (Long Skimmer)
- Palpopleura lucia (Lucia Widow/Black-winged Widow)
- Palpopleura portia (Portia Widow/Shadow-bridge Widow)
- Pantala flavescens (Wandering Glider)
- Sympetrum fonscolombii (Red-veined Darter)
- Tetrathemis polleni (Black-splashed Elf)
- Trithemis aconita (Halfshade Dropwing)
- Trithemis kirbyi (Orange-winged Dropwing)
- Trithemis annulata (Violet Dropwing)
- Trithemis arteriosa (Red-veined Dropwing)