About Palpopleura lucia (Drury, 1773)
Palpopleura lucia, commonly known as the Lucia widow, is a dragonfly species belonging to the family Libellulidae. It has been recorded in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe; it may also occur in Burundi. Its natural habitats include subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, permanent and intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, permanent and intermittent freshwater lakes, permanent and intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs.
