Euphaea Explained

Euphaea is a genus of damselflies in the family Euphaeidae. There are more than 30 described species in Euphaea, found mainly in Indomalaya.

Species

These species belong to the genus Euphaea:

• Euphaea ameeka van Tol & Norma-Rashid, 1995
• Euphaea amphicyana Ris, 1930
• Euphaea aspasia Selys, 1853
• Euphaea basalis (Laidlaw, 1915)
• Euphaea bocki McLachlan, 1880
• Euphaea cardinalis (Fraser, 1924)
• Euphaea cora Ris, 1930
• Euphaea cyanopogon Hämäläinen, Kosterin & Kompier, 2019
• Euphaea decorata Hagen in Selys, 1853 (black-banded gossamerwing)
• Euphaea dispar Rambur, 1842 (nilgiri torrent dart)
• Euphaea formosa Hagen in Selys, 1869
• Euphaea fraseri (Laidlaw, 1920)
• Euphaea guerini Rambur, 1842
• Euphaea hirta Hämäläinen & Karube, 2001
• Euphaea impar Selys, 1859 (blue-sided satinwing)
• Euphaea inouei Asahina, 1977
• Euphaea lara Krüger, 1898
• Euphaea masoni Selys, 1879
• Euphaea modigliani Selys, 1898
• Euphaea ochracea Selys, 1859
• Euphaea opaca Selys, 1853 (sooty gossamerwing)
• Euphaea ornata (Campion, 1924)
• Euphaea pahyapi Hämäläinen, 1985
• Euphaea pseudodispar Sadasivan & Bhakare, 2021
• Euphaea refulgens Hagen in Selys, 1853
• Euphaea sanguinea Kompier & Hayashi, 2018
• Euphaea saola Phan & Hayashi, 2018
• Euphaea splendens Hagen in Selys, 1853
• Euphaea subcostalis Selys, 1873
• Euphaea subnodalis (Laidlaw, 1915)
• Euphaea superba Kimmins, 1936
• Euphaea thosegharensis Sadasivan & Bhakare, 2021
• Euphaea tricolor Selys, 1859
• Euphaea variegata Rambur, 1842
• Euphaea yayeyamana Matsumura & Oguma, 1913

Further reading

• Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae. 2013. Kalkman . V. J.. Leiden University. 1887/22953. free. PhD.