Platycypha pinheyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Chlorocyphidae |
Genus: | Platycypha |
Species: | P. pinheyi |
Binomial name | |
Platycypha pinheyi Fraser, 1950 | |
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