Chlorocypha aphrodite

{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Chlorocypha

| species = aphrodite

| authority = (Le Roi, 1915)

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Chlorocypha aphrodite, common name Blue Jewel, is a species of jewel damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae.

The insect inhabits streams and rivers in the central African rainforest about the northern Congo River basin, with a confirmed range in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, and adjacent portions of Gabon, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic.{{Cite web|editor-last=Dijkstra|editor-first=K.-D.B|title=Chlorocypha aphrodite (Le Roi, 1915)|url=http://addo.adu.org.za/index.php?taxon_id=7600|url-status=live|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online|publisher=FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125221455/http://addo.adu.org.za/index.php?taxon_id=7600 |archive-date=2021-01-25 }}

The IUCN assessed Chlorocypha aphrodite as "least concern" on its Red List of Threatened Species, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. Logging is a concern. The IUCN assessment was published in 2017.