Palpopleura jucunda, commonly known as the yellow-veined widow, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae, which is native to sub-Saharan Africa.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, the DRC, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are swamps and intermittent freshwater marshes.