Chlorocyphidae

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
Rhinocypha bisignata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Superfamily:	Calopterygoidea
Family:	Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937
Genera
see text

Systematics

This family is monophyletic, containing about 20 genera.^[3][4] The Global Biodiversity Information Facility^[5] currently (December 2024) includes:

1. Africocypha Pinhey, 1961
2. Aristocypha Laidlaw, 1950
3. Calocypha Fraser, 1928
4. Chlorocypha Fraser, 1928
5. Cyrano Needham & Gyger, 1939
6. Disparocypha Ris, 1916
7. Heliocypha Fraser, 1949
8. Heterocypha Laidlaw, 1950 (monotypic)
9. Indocypha Fraser, 1949
10. Libellago Selys, 1840
11. Melanocypha Fraser, 1949
12. Micromerus Rambur, 1842 - Java?
13. Pachycypha Lieftinck, 1950
14. Paracypha Fraser, 1949
15. Platycypha Fraser, 1949
16. Rhinocypha Rambur, 1842
17. Rhinoneura Laidlaw, 1915
18. Stenocypha Dijkstra, 2013
19. Sundacypha Laidlaw, 1950
20. Watuwila van Tol, 1998

Gallery

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  Libellago lineata, male
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  Platycypha caligata
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  Platycypha fitzsimonsi

See also

• List of damselflies of the world (Chlorocyphidae)