Matrona (damselfly)

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Matrona
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Matrona basilaris from India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Suborder:
Zygoptera
Family:
Calopterygidae
Subfamily:
Calopteryginae
Genus:
Matrona

Sélys, 1853
Species

8 See text for species

Matrona is a genus of damselflies in the family Calopterygidae.

Species include:

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References

  1. ↑ Dow, R. A. (2007). "Matrona basilaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  2. 1 2 Hämäläinen, M.; Yu, X.; Zhang, H. 2011: Descriptions of Matrona oreades spec. nov and Matrona corephaea spec. nov from China (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Zootaxa , 2830: 20–28. Preview
  3. ↑ Phan, Q. T.; Hämäläinen, M. 2011: Matrona taoi spec. nov., a new damselfly species from northern Vietnam (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Zootaxa , 2927: 63–68. Preview (erratum in Zootaxa , 2970: 68. PDF)


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