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Yellowface

Chalcostephia flavifrons

Description:

Chalcostephia flavifrons, the Yellowface or Inspector, is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae. It is the only species in its genus. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.

Habitat:

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs.

Notes:

Male

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dotun55
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dotun55

Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Spotted on Sep 19, 2012
Submitted on Mar 30, 2013

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