Chlorocyphidae
Family of damselflies
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Chlorocyphidae is a family of damselflies, commonly known as jewels or heliodors.[1] These are colorful species native to the Old World tropics, where they occur along forest streams. They are most diverse in Southeast Asia.[2]
| Chlorocyphidae | |
|---|---|
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| Rhinocypha bisignata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Calopterygoidea |
| Family: | Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937 |
| Genera | |
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Systematics
This family is monophyletic, containing about 20 genera.[3][4] The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[5] currently (December 2024) includes:
- Africocypha Pinhey, 1961
- Aristocypha Laidlaw, 1950
- Calocypha Fraser, 1928
- Chlorocypha Fraser, 1928
- Cyrano Needham & Gyger, 1939
- Disparocypha Ris, 1916
- Heliocypha Fraser, 1949
- Heterocypha Laidlaw, 1950 (monotypic)
- Indocypha Fraser, 1949
- Libellago Selys, 1840
- Melanocypha Fraser, 1949
- Micromerus Rambur, 1842 - Java?
- Pachycypha Lieftinck, 1950
- Paracypha Fraser, 1949
- Platycypha Fraser, 1949
- Rhinocypha Rambur, 1842
- Rhinoneura Laidlaw, 1915
- Stenocypha Dijkstra, 2013
- Sundacypha Laidlaw, 1950
- Watuwila van Tol, 1998
