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Zygonyx

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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.

Species

Emerald Cascader

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderOdonata
  5. FamilyLibellulidae
Observations1,096
Observations recorded4,230

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
174
With media
44
Family
Libellulidae
Collections
USNM, AM
Recorded in
Madagascar, South Africa

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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.

==Species== The genus contains the following species: Zygonyx annika Zygonyx asahinai Zygonyx atritibiae Zygonyx chrysobaphes Zygonyx constellatus Zygonyx denticulatus Zygonyx dionyx Zygonyx elisabethae Zygonyx eusebia Zygonyx flavicosta Zygonyx geminuncus Zygonyx hova Zygonyx ida Zygonyx ilia Zygonyx immaculata Zygonyx iris - Emerald Cascader Zygonyx luctifer Zygonyx natalensis - Blue Cascader, Powdered Cascader, Scuffed Cascader Zygonyx ranavalonae Zygonyx regisalberti Zygonyx speciosus Zygonyx takasago Zygonyx torridus - Ringed Cascader Zygonyx viridescens

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zygonyx” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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