Cordulephya pygmaea

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Common shutwing
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Genus: Cordulephya
Species:
C. pygmaea
Binomial name
Cordulephya pygmaea
Selys, 1870 [2]
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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]

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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]

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References

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  2. Selys-Longchamps, E. (1870). "Sous-famille des Cordulines, Sélys (1)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (in French). 14: iii-vii [vi] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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