Chlorocyphidae

Chlorocyphidae is a family of damselflies, commonly known as jewels or heliodors. These are colorful species native to the Old World tropics, where they occur along forest streams. They are most diverse in Southeast Asia.

Systematics

This family is monophyletic, containing about 20 genera. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility 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

See also

• List of damselflies of the world (Chlorocyphidae)

References

External links

• Data related to Chlorocyphidae at Wikispecies
• Media related to Chlorocyphidae at Wikimedia Commons