Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Lieftinck's Sprite (Archibasis lieftincki), recorded as Endangered
Lieftinck's Sprite (Archibasis lieftincki). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Lieftinck's Sprite

Archibasis lieftincki

Lieftinck's Sprite is a damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae (order Odonata) — Archibasis lieftincki, recorded as Endangered and tied to Sri Lanka.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Archibasis lieftincki
Recorded from
Sri Lanka
Taxonomy
Insecta · Odonata · Coenagrionidae · Archibasis

The damselfly

Dragonflies and damselflies are aerial predators as adults and aquatic predators as nymphs. Both stages need unpolluted water.

An insect has six legs and, in winged forms, one or two pairs of wings. Most named species in this catalog are known from a type series and a locality, not from a popular field guide.

Range and habitat

Lieftinck's Sprite is recorded from Sri Lanka.

GBIF currently lists 2 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Life history

Life history follows the order: complete metamorphosis in moths and beetles, nymphs in grasshoppers and bugs. This page does not invent a host plant that no source named.

In crisis

Lieftinck's Sprite is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Archibasis lieftincki — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q19595929 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Lieftinck's Sprite?
Lieftinck's Sprite is a damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae (order Odonata) — Archibasis lieftincki.
What is the conservation status of Lieftinck's Sprite?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Archibasis lieftincki. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Lieftinck's Sprite live?
Lieftinck's Sprite is a damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.
Why is Lieftinck's Sprite in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Archibasis lieftincki?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Lieftinck's Sprite a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.