Libellulidae

Camacinia is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. Species of Camacinia are found from South-east Asia to the Solomon Islands, Australia and New Guinea. There are three species.

Diplacodes is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family. They are commonly known as perchers. Their colours range from the totally black body of the African Diplacodes lefebvrii, the lovely pale blue of India's Diplacodes trivialis, to the intense red of the Asian–Australian Diplacodes haematodes.

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thumb|B. farinosa male, Laos Brachydiplax is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They occur in Asia from India to China and Southeast Asia, and New Guinea to Australia.

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Zygonyx is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as cascaders because of their preference for living beside waterfalls and flying through the spray. They lay their eggs in wet dangling roots.

Erythemis is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family, commonly known as pondhawks. These medium- to large-sized skimmers are voracious predators of other insects up to their own size, including other dragonflies.

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Neurothemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are found in India, Asia, Australia and the Pacific region. Most Neurothemis species are red in color.

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Hemistigma is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as pied-spots. ==Species== The genus contains only two species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Male!! Female !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- | 120px ||||Hemistigma affine || || Madagascar |- | 120px ||120px ||Hemistigma albipunctum || pied-spot|| widespread in Africa |- |}

Miathyria is a Neotropical genus of dragonflies. They are commonly known as Hyacinth Gliders. One species, M. marcella, occurs in North America. They are associated with floating plants, especially Water Hyacinth or Water Lettuce.

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Zyxomma is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. Species of Zyxomma are small to medium-sized, dully coloured, crepuscular insects. They are known as Duskdarters. Members of Zyxomma are found in India, Japan, Africa and Australia.

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Agrionoptera is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. Species of Agrionoptera are found across India, Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Hylaeothemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. ==Species== The genus contains the following species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Male!! Female !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- | || ||Hylaeothemis clementia || || Sarawak, Borneo |- ||| ||Hylaeothemis fruhstorferi ||Fruhstorfer's Junglewatcher || rare Sri Lankan endemic |- | || ||Hylaeothemis gardeneri || || India |- |120px ||120px ||Hylaeothemis apicalis || || Western Ghats |- |}

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Dythemis is a Neotropical genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family, commonly known as Setwings.

Idiataphe is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. The species are medium-sized, long. They occur from northeastern Argentina, through Brazil and the Antilles to Florida.

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Rhodopygia is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are neotropical species, occurring in Guatemala, Belize through Bolivia and Brazil.

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Diastatops is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae from South America.

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Cratilla is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are distributed in Southeast Asia. ==Species== Species include: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Male!! Female !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px ||120px || Cratilla lineata ||line forest-skimmer, emerald-banded skimmer or pale-faced forest-skimmer || Asia |- |120px || || Cratilla metallica || ||India |- |}

Uracis is a genus of dragonfly from the family Libellulidae. The genus was first described by Jules Pierre Rambur. ==Description== Uracis species are medium-sized dragonflies and grow to be 28 to 40 millimeters tall. The color of the abdomen of colored males is mostly bluish with a grayish-white coating. The part of the thorax to which the wings attach, the so-called pterothorax, is grayish, but with age it takes on the same bluish hue as the abdomen. The wings are transparent except for the brownish tinted wing tips. It can also happen that the wings have brown ribbons due to polymorphism. L

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Tauriphila is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as Pasture Gliders. The species are neotropical with two, the Garnet and Aztec Gliders reaching the southern USA.

Zygonoides is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. There are large, spectacular species. Three species occur in continental Africa and one, F. lachesis, in Madagascar.

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Aethiothemis is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.

Thermochoria is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It contains only two species: Thermochoria equivocata Thermochoria jeanneli

Nannophya is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. They are found in Asia and Australia. They are commonly known as Pygmyflies. Species of Nannophya are small to tiny dragonflies often brightly coloured. It includes Nannophya pygmaea, the scarlet dwarf, which is considered to be the world's smallest dragonfly.

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Paltothemis is a genus of skimmers in the family Libellulidae.

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Perithemis is a genus of dragonflies commonly known as amberwings. They are characterized by their small size and the amber wings of the male.

Tetrathemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. Species of Tetrathemis are found in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, New Guinea and Australia.

Chalybeothemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. It contains three species native to Southeast Asia.

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Macrodiplax is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. It is found across the tropics and subtropics; however, it is not found in Africa.

Notiothemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as forestwatchers. ==Species== The genus contains only two species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Male!! Female !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px ||120px ||Notiothemis jonesi ||Jones' Forestwatcher, Eastern Elf||south east Africa |- | || || Notiothemis robertsi || Robert's Forestwatcher|| central and west Africa |- |}

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Lokia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It contains the following species from Uganda and the Congo:

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Planiplax is a genus of skimmers in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. There are about five described species in Planiplax.

Macrothemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae, also known as Sylphs. It contains the following species:

Neodythemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae, known as junglewatchers. It contains the following species: Neodythemis afra Neodythemis arnoulti Neodythemis campioni Neodythemis fitzgeraldi – Powdered Junglewatcher Neodythemis hildebrandti Neodythemis infra – Blackwater Junglewatcher Neodythemis katanga – Katanga Junglewatcher Neodythemis klingi Neodythemis munyaga Neodythemis nyungwe Neodythemis pauliani Neodythemis preussi Neodythemis scalarum Neodythemis takamandensis – Bizarre Junglewatcher Neodythemis trinervulata