Cordulephya pygmaea

Cordulephya pygmaea is a species of dragonfly in the superfamily Libelluloidea,^[3][4] also known as the common shutwing.^[5] It inhabits streams in eastern Australia.^[6][7]

Common shutwing
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Genus:	Cordulephya
Species:	C. pygmaea
Binomial name
Cordulephya pygmaea Selys, 1870[2]

It is small to tiny in size, coloured black, or purplish-black, with yellowish markings. It rests with its wings folded above its body in a similar manner to a damselfly.^[5]

Gallery

• 
  Mating pair
• 
  Drawing of a male Cordulephya pygmaea by Robin Tillyard. Detail of wing base: B. (male), C. (female)
• 
  Female wings
• 
  Male wings

See also

• List of Odonata species of Australia