Chlorocyphidae

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| image_caption = Rhinocypha bisignata

| taxon = Chlorocyphidae

| authority = Cowley, 1937

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

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Chlorocyphidae is a family of damselflies, commonly known as jewels or heliodors.Mitra, A., et al. (2014). [http://www.entomoljournal.com/vol2Issue2/pdf/35old.1.pdf Odonata survey in Central and Western Bhutan covering eight Dzongkhags (Districts): an annotated species list with nine new records.] Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 2(2), 11-15. These are colorful species native to the Old World tropics, where they occur along forest streams. They are most diverse in Southeast Asia.Hämäläinen, M., & Karube, H. (2001). [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/45077 Rhinocypha orea spec. nov., a new damselfly from Vietnam (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae).] Zoologische Mededelingen, 75, 405-408.

Systematics

This family is monophyletic, containing about 20 genera.{{Cite journal |last=Dijkstra |first=Klaas-Douwe B. |last2=Bechly |first2=Günter |last3=Bybee |first3=Seth M. |last4=Dow |first4=Rory A. |last5=Dumont |first5=Henri J. |last6=Fleck |first6=Günther |last7=Garrison |first7=Rosser W. |last8=Hämäläinen |first8=Matti |last9=Kalkman |first9=Vincent J. |last10=Karube |first10=Haruki |last11=May |first11=Michael L. |last12=Orr |first12=Albert G. |last13=Paulson |first13=Dennis R. |last14=Rehn |first14=Andrew C. |last15=Theischinger |first15=Günther |last16=Trueman |first16=John W.H. |last17=Van Tol |first17=Jan |last18=von Ellenrieder |first18=Natalia |last19=Ware |first19=Jessica |date=2013 |title=The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013) |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3703.1.9 |journal=Zootaxa |language=en |volume=3703 |issue=1 |pages=36–45 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9 |doi-access=free |hdl=10072/61365 |hdl-access=free |issn=1175-5334 }}Van Tol, J. (1998). [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/148996 The Odonata of Sulawesi and adjacent islands. Part 4. A new genus and species of Chlorocyphidae from South-East Sulawesi.] Zoologische Verhandelingen, 323(35), 441-448. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[https://www.gbif.org/species/4212 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: family Chlorocyphidae] (retrieved 2 December 2024) currently (December 2024) includes: