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  • Lucia Widow, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Martin Grimm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Lucia Widow, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Luis da Costa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Lucia Widow, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) magdastlucia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Lucia Widow, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Luis da Costa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Lucia Widow, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) 116916927065934112165, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  • Lucia Widow, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Lucia Widow

Palpopleura lucia

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About

Palpopleura lucia, the Lucia Widow, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, 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, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical...

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