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Phaon
Male Phaon iridipennis, Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Calopterygidae
Subfamily: Calopteryginae
Tribe: Saphoini
Genus: Phaon
Selys, 1853

Phaon is a small genus of damselflies belonging to the family Calopterygidae. They occur in central and southern Africa and Madagascar.

The genus contains three species:

Male Female Name Distribution
Phaon camerunensis Sjöstedt, 1900 – Forest Flashwing Bonge, Cameroon
Phaon iridipennis (Burmeister, 1839) – Glistening Demoiselle Tanzania, South Africa
Phaon rasoherinae Madagascar


References

  1. Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  2. Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2017). "Phaon camerunensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T184185A75086065. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T184185A75086065.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Suhling, F. (2016). "Phaon iridipennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59983A75086374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59983A75086374.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Phaon


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