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Gossamerwings and allies
Euphaeidae
The Euphaeidae are a family of damselflies in the order Odonata sometimes called Epallaginidae. They are commonly known as gossamerwings. It is a small family of damselflies with around 70 species. They commonly occur in Old World tropics. They are large and mostly metallic-coloured. They look similar to species of damselflies in the family Calopterygidae.
9 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 80 known species
Euphaea
genusEuphaea
Bayadera
genusBayadera
Epallage
genusEpallage
Dysphaea
genusDysphaea
Anisopleura
genusAnisopleura
Cyclophaea
genusCyclophaea
Cryptophaea
genusCryptophaea
Heterophaea
genusHeterophaea
Schmidtiphaea
genusSchmidtiphaea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 85773.