The Damselfly Families of South Africa
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| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Clade | Pancrustacea |
| Class | Insecta |
| (unranked): | Dicondylia |
| Subclass: | Pterygota |
| Infraclass: | Palaeoptera |
| Suborder | Odonatoptera |
| Order | Odonata |
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| Epiprocta | |
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For comprehensive information on Odonata click HERE
The Zygoptera families visible in South Africa
Synlestidae
Malachites
2 Genera, 9 Species
- Chlorolestes
- Ecchlorolestes
General description
- Small to large, mostly medium-sized
- Metallic green with contrasting yellow stripes
- ♂ and ♀ alike in colouring but ♂in most species with plain blue and black panels in the wings
- Wing venation diagnostic: has 2 AX veins:a long pterostigma (extending over 2 or more cells); R4+5 vein branch at or close to subnodus
- Perches hanging with wings spread
Calopterygidae
Chlorocyphidae
Platycnemididae
Coenagrionidae
