Sapho (damselfly)

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Sapho
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Calopterygidae
Subfamily: Calopteryginae
Tribe: Saphoini
Genus: Sapho
Selys, 1853

Sapho is a genus of damselfly in the family Calopterygidae. [1]

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References

  1. "Genus Sapho Selys, 1853". www.zoology.uct.ac.za. African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online. Retrieved 30 May 2022.