Devadatta (damselfly)
Genus of damselflies
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Devadatta is a genus of damselflies in the family Devadattidae which is a sister-group of the Chlorocyphidae. There are about 13 described species in Devadatta.[1][2][3]
| Devadatta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Calopterygoidea |
| Family: | Devadattidae Dijkstra, Kalkman, Dow, Stokvis & van Tol, 2014 |
| Genus: | Devadatta Kirby, 1890 |
The genus has sometimes been placed in the family Amphipterygidae. Species in the genus are found in Southeast Asia with several species in Borneo.[4]
Species
These 13 species belong to the genus Devadatta:
- Devadatta aran Dow, Hämäläinen & Stokvis, 2015
- Devadatta argyoides (Selys, 1859)
- Devadatta basilanensis Laidlaw, 1934
- Devadatta clavicauda Dow, Hämäläinen & Stokvis, 2015
- Devadatta cyanocephala Hämäläinen, Sasamoto & Karube, 2006
- Devadatta ducatrix Lieftinck, 1969
- Devadatta glaucinotata Sasamoto, 2003
- Devadatta kompieri Phan, Sasamoto & Hayashi, 2015
- Devadatta multinervosa Fraser, 1933
- Devadatta podolestoides Laidlaw, 1934
- Devadatta sokoh Dow, Hämäläinen & Stokvis, 2015
- Devadatta tanduk Dow, Hämäläinen & Stokvis, 2015
- Devadatta yokoii Phan, Sasamoto & Hayashi, 2015