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Metaphya
Metaphya is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. Metaphya are found in Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Indonesia and parts of the Pacific region.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Offshore Emerald
speciesMetaphya tillyardi

Metaphya micans
speciesMetaphya micans

Metaphya elongata
speciesMetaphya elongata
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 89893.