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Podopteryx
Podopteryx is a damselfly genus. It belongs in the subfamily Argiolestinae of the flatwing damselfly family Megapodagrionidae. They are very large damselflies found in Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Treehole Flatwing
speciesPodopteryx selysi
Podopteryx casuarina
speciesPodopteryx casuarina
Podopteryx roseonotata
speciesPodopteryx roseonotata
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 91187.