Pseudagrion acaciae

{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}

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| image = Pseudagrion acaciae 2012 10 06 Ngwenya.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Clausnitzer, V. |author2=Suhling, F. |date=2016 |title=Pseudagrion acaciae |volume=2016 |page=e.T60010A85284016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60010A85284016.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Pseudagrion acaciae

| authority = Förster, 1906

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Pseudagrion acaciae, the acacia sprite is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical rivers and floodplains.{{cite book|last1=Dijkstra|first1=K.-D.B.|last2=Clausnitzer|first2=V.|title=The dragonflies and damselflies of eastern Africa|date=2014|publisher=Royal Museum for Central Africa|location=Tervuren|isbn=978-94-916-1506-1}}

A medium-sized damselfly (length 32–38 mm; wingspan 37–48 mm).{{cite book|title=A fieldguide to the damselflies of South Africa|year=2005|isbn=0620338784|author=Tarboton, W.R.|author2=Tarboton, M. |publisher=Warwick & Michèle Tarboton }} The face is orange-red and it has greenish post-ocular spots. The front of the eyes are red-orange and the back of the eyes are green-blue. The synthorax is rusty red with black stripes above; the sides are light blue. The abdomen is lime green with black dorsal lines and black rings; segments eight and nine are bright pale blue with black markings at their ends.{{cite book|last1=Samways|first1=Michael J.|title=Dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa|date=2008|publisher=Pensoft|location=Sofia|isbn=978-954-642-330-6|edition=1st}}