Ghana - Orthetrum stemmale (Burmeister, 1839)

The male Orthetrum stemmale is apparently very common along forest paths, even though fully pruinose and mature individuals are rarely encountered. And fortunately so, because when they are adorned in blue like this, they are almost indistinguishable from O. brachiale and closely resemble O. julia. Personally, I find that the secondary genitalia under (S2) in

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