Cordulephya facts for kids
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| Cordulephya pygmaea | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Cordulephyidae |
| Genus: | Cordulephya Selys, 1870 |
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Cordulephya is a genus of dragonflies in the family Cordulephyidae, endemic to eastern Australia. The species are small to tiny in size, coloured black, or purplish-black, with yellowish markings. Unusually for Anisoptera, these dragonflies rest with their wings folded above their body in a similar manner to many species of damselfly. They are commonly known as shutwings.
Species
The genus Cordulephya includes four species:
- Cordulephya bidens Sjöstedt, 1917 - tropical shutwing
- Cordulephya divergens Tillyard, 1917 - clubbed shutwing
- Cordulephya montana Tillyard, 1911 - mountain shutwing
- Cordulephya pygmaea Selys, 1870 - common shutwing
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