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White-legged damselflies
Platycnemididae
The Platycnemididae are a family of damselflies. They are known commonly as white-legged damselflies. There are over 400 species native to the Old World. The family is divided into several subfamilies.
42 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 495 known species
Platycnemis
genusPlatycnemis
Copera
genusCopera
Prodasineura
genusProdasineura
Coeliccia
genusCoeliccia
Threadtails
genusNososticta
Pseudocopera
genusPseudocopera
Onychargia
genusOnychargia
Threadtails
genusElattoneura
Yellowwings
genusAllocnemis
Risiocnemis
genusRisiocnemis
Calicnemia
genusCalicnemia
Disparoneura
genusDisparoneura
Igneocnemis
genusIgneocnemis
Caconeura
genusCaconeura
Indocnemis
genusIndocnemis
True Riverjacks
genusMesocnemis
Proplatycnemis
genusProplatycnemis
Esme
genusEsme
Spesbona
genusSpesbona
Arabineura
genusArabineura
Arabicnemis
genusArabicnemis
Melanoneura
genusMelanoneura
Phylloneura
genusPhylloneura
Asthenocnemis
genusAsthenocnemis
Metacnemis
genusMetacnemis
Paracnemis
genusParacnemis
Idiocnemis
genusIdiocnemis
Palaiargia
genusPalaiargia
Stenocnemis
genusStenocnemis
Matticnemis
genusMatticnemis
Paramecocnemis
genusParamecocnemis
Rhyacocnemis
genusRhyacocnemis
Lieftinckia
genusLieftinckia
Salomocnemis
genusSalomocnemis
Macrocnemis
genusMacrocnemis
Cyanocnemis
genusCyanocnemis
Hylaeargia
genusHylaeargia
Arrhenocnemis
genusArrhenocnemis
Torrenticnemis
genusTorrenticnemis
Archboldargia
genusArchboldargia
Papuargia
genusPapuargia
Lochmaeocnemis
genusLochmaeocnemis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 85991.