Chlorocypha aphrodite: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Chlorocyphidae
- Genus
- Chlorocypha
- Species
- Chlorocypha aphrodite
- Scientific Name
- Chlorocypha aphrodite
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chlorocypha aphrodite
Chlorocypha aphrodite, common name Blue Jewel, is a species of jewel damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae.
The insect inhabits streams and rivers in the central African rainforest about the northern Congo River basin, with a confirmed range in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, and adjacent portions of Gabon, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic.
The IUCN assessed Chlorocypha aphrodite as "least concern" on its Red List of Threatened Species, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. Logging is a concern. The IUCN assessment was published in 2017.
...Chlorocypha aphrodite in languages:
- English
- Blue Jewel
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Chlorocypha aphrodite
- Chlorocypha aurora
- Chlorocypha cancellata
- Chlorocypha consueta
- Chlorocypha curta
- Chlorocypha cyanifrons
- Chlorocypha dahli
- Chlorocypha dispar
- Chlorocypha fabamacula
- Chlorocypha flammea
- Chlorocypha frigida
- Chlorocypha ghesquierei
- Chlorocypha glauca
- Chlorocypha granata
- Chlorocypha helenae
- Chlorocypha jejuna
- Chlorocypha luminosa
- Chlorocypha maxima
- Chlorocypha neptunus
- Chlorocypha pyriformosa
- Chlorocypha radix
- Chlorocypha rubida
- Chlorocypha schmidti
- Chlorocypha selysi
- Chlorocypha seydeli
- Chlorocypha trifaria
- Chlorocypha victoriae
- Chlorocypha wittei

















