Phaon (damselfly)

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Phaon
Glistening demoiselle (Phaon iridipennis) male.jpg
Male Phaon iridipennis, Ghana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Calopterygidae
Subfamily: Calopteryginae
Tribe: Saphoini
Genus: Phaon
Selys, 1853

Phaon is a small genus of damselflies belonging to the family Calopterygidae. They occur in central and southern Africa and Madagascar.

The genus contains three species: [1]

MaleFemaleNameDistribution
Phaon camerunensis Sjöstedt, 1900 Forest Flashwing [2] Bonge, Cameroon
Phaon iridipennis (Calopterygidae) (6824335846).jpg Phaon iridipennis.jpg Phaon iridipennis (Burmeister, 1839) Glistening Demoiselle [3] Tanzania, South Africa
Demoiselle (Phaon rasoherinae).jpg Phaon rasoherinae Madagascar


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References

  1. Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  2. Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2017). "Phaon camerunensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T184185A75086065. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T184185A75086065.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Suhling, F. (2016). "Phaon iridipennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T59983A75086374. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59983A75086374.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.