Chlorocypha aphrodite

Chlorocypha aphrodite
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Chlorocyphidae
Genus:	Chlorocypha
Species:	C. aphrodite
Binomial name
Chlorocypha aphrodite (Le Roi, 1915)

Chlorocypha aphrodite, common name Blue Jewel, is a species of jewel damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. ^{[1] [2]}

The insect inhabits streams and rivers in the central African rainforest about the northern Congo River basin, with a confirmed range in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, and adjacent portions of Gabon, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic. ^[3]

The IUCN assessed Chlorocypha aphrodite as "least concern" on its Red List of Threatened Species, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. Logging is a concern. The IUCN assessment was published in 2017. ^[1]

References

1. "Chlorocypha aphrodite Red List status". IUCN Red List. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
2. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
3. Dijkstra, K.-D.B (ed.). "Chlorocypha aphrodite (Le Roi, 1915)". African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online. FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology. Archived from the original on 2021-01-25. Retrieved March 4, 2021.

Further reading

• Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl: 1887/22953 .