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Philogangidae
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Philogangidae

Philoganga is a genus of damselflies in the family Philogangidae, one of two families in the superfamily Philogangoidea. The genus occurs in Southeast Asia, where its species inhabit forest streams. Philogangidae contains only the genus Philoganga and four recognised species.

Species of Philoganga are medium-sized stream-dwelling damselflies with broad wings and a metallic body colouration. They are typically found in shaded forest habitats and are among the more distinctive damselflies of tropical Asia.

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1 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 4 known species

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 560976.