{"id":28473,"date":"2026-02-04T08:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2026\/02\/04\/ghana-chlorocypha-curta-hagen-in-selys-1853\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:57:02","slug":"ghana-chlorocypha-curta-hagen-in-selys-1853","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2026\/02\/04\/ghana-chlorocypha-curta-hagen-in-selys-1853\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana &#8211; Chlorocypha curta (Hagen in Selys, 1853)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chlorocypha-curta-male-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1852\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chlorocypha-curta-male-1.webp\" alt=\"Male Chlorocypha curta, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20\" class=\"wp-image-27968 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1852px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1852\/1204;aspect-ratio:1.5382177381015265;width:632px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chlorocypha-curta-male-1.webp 1852w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chlorocypha-curta-male-1-768x499.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chlorocypha-curta-male-1-1536x999.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1852px) 100vw, 1852px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Male Chlorocypha curta, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>I was delighted to encounter *Chlorocypha curta* again, which I had first met <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/benin\/pages_web_benin\/chlorocypha_curta.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in Benin<\/a> in 2008, where I was taking my very first photos of exotic dragonflies. It was the first Chlorocyphidae I had photographed, and I remember my surprise upon discovering its unique face in my photos. <br\/> Unfortunately, the terrain configuration where it made two brief appearances prevented closer approach. It was found on a small, narrow, and deep stream, widening slightly in places. When we approached too close to this tangle of branches, it simply moved to the other side, but for us, the detour was quite complicated and the approach equally difficult.<br\/>This has nothing to do with odonates, but these photos highlight one of Africa&rsquo;s scourges: plastic water bottles abandoned by the millions in nature&#8230;  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-01-20-11h23-Mampon.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1604\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-01-20-11h23-Mampon.webp\" alt=\"Ghana - Biotope C. curta &amp;amp; pyriformosa; E. nigra; P. kersteni, hamoni, sjoestedti; O. chrysostigma...Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20\" class=\"wp-image-27974 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1604px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1604\/1204;aspect-ratio:1.3322353371763198;width:539px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-01-20-11h23-Mampon.webp 1604w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-01-20-11h23-Mampon-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-01-20-11h23-Mampon-1536x1153.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1604px) 100vw, 1604px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ghana &#8211; Biotope C. curta &amp; pyriformosa; E. nigra; P. kersteni, hamoni, sjoestedti; O. chrysostigma&#8230;Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>It is impossible to confuse it with another *Chlorocypha* in Ghana; the color distribution is unique to this species, with segments 2 to 6 red, then blue up to the tenth.<br\/>Hagen 1853, who described it under the name *Libellago curta*, measured its abdomen at 21 mm, for a total length of approximately 32 mm.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chlorocypha-curta-male-2.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1702\" height=\"1124\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chlorocypha-curta-male-2.webp\" alt=\"Male Chlorocypha curta, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20\" class=\"wp-image-27969 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1702px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1702\/1124;aspect-ratio:1.5142611996567952;width:584px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chlorocypha-curta-male-2.webp 1702w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chlorocypha-curta-male-2-768x507.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chlorocypha-curta-male-2-1536x1014.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1702px) 100vw, 1702px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Male Chlorocypha curta, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>It is most often found on rivers or streams in open areas, or in clearings within forests.<br\/>Its distribution area, south of the Sahel, extends from Sierra Leone to Uganda, Kenya, and Sudan, and south to Angola.<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/59846\/75114099#geographic-range\">IUCN Red List<\/a>.<br\/><br\/>English speakers call it the <em>Blue-tipped Jewel<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chlorocypha-curta-male-3bis.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"793\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chlorocypha-curta-male-3bis.webp\" alt=\"Chlorocypha curta m\u00e2le, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 20\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-27978 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 621px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 621\/793;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em><strong>Etymology<\/strong> Chlorocypha curta<br\/>Fraser<\/em> (1928) created the genus *Chlorocypha* with *Agrion dispar* by <em>Palisot de Beauvois<\/em> as the type species (I was unable to access his description despite extensive research).<br\/><strong>Chlorocypha<\/strong>, from the Greek <em>chloro<\/em>, for <em>yellow or green<\/em>, and <em>cyphos<\/em> meaning <em>humpbacked<\/em>, <em>hump<\/em>, referring to the color of the species&rsquo; peculiar <em>clypeus<\/em>, likely in a not-very-mature specimen. <em>Fraser<\/em> writes: \u00ab\u00a0<em>I have chosen the name Chlorocypha for this genus, based on the specific character mentioned by Palisot de Beauvois for the type species dispar : \u00ab\u00a0le chaperon [Clypeus] est d&rsquo;un jaune-verd\u00e2tre<\/em>\u00ab\u00a0. \u00ab\u00a0<br\/><strong>Curta<\/strong> means <em>short<\/em>, <em>truncated<\/em> in Latin, and Hagen, who described it under the genus name *Libellago*, presumably found its abdomen more massive, shorter than other *Libellago* he knew.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:13px\"><strong>Fraser, 1928<\/strong> &#8211; \u00ab\u00a0A revision of the Fiers-winged Damselflies (Family Chlorocyphidae) of Africa\u00a0\u00bb. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10, Vol. 2. <br\/><strong>Hagen in Selys, 1853<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/2728662#page\/72\/mode\/1up\">Synopsis des Calopt\u00e9rygines.<\/a> <em>Bulletins de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie Royale Des Sciences, Des Lettres et Des Beaux-Arts de Belgique<\/em>, <em>20<\/em> (Appendix), 1&#8211;73.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/libellules-du-ghana-odonates-of-ghana\/\">Accueil Ghana<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/divers\/liste-generale-odonates-du-site\/africa-odonates.php\">Liste africaine<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/\">Accueil<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was delighted to encounter *Chlorocypha curta* again, which I had first met in Benin in 2008, where I was taking my very first photos of exotic dragonflies. It was the first Chlorocyphidae I had photographed, and I remember my surprise upon discovering its unique face in my photos. Unfortunately, the terrain configuration where it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[38794,38784],"tags":[38795],"class_list":["post-28473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-chlorocyphidae","category-ghana","tag-chlorocyphidae-ghana","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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