Zygonyx: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Genus
- Zygonyx
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Zygonyx
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Zygonyx
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.
...Zygonyx in languages:
- English
- Cascaders
- French
- Cascatelles
- German
- Wasserfallkreuzer
- Hebrew
- דאונית
- Thai
- สกุล แมลงปอบ้านแวว
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acisoma
- Aethiothemis
- Aethriamanta
- Agrionoptera
- Akrothemis
- Amphithemis
- Anatya
- Antidythemis
- Archaeophlebia
- Argyrothemis
- Atoconeura
- Atratothemis
- Austrothemis
- Bironides
- Boninthemis
- Brachydiplax
- Brachygonia
- Brachymesia
- Brachythemis
- Bradinopyga
- Brechmorhoga
- Calophlebia
- Camacinia
- Cannaphila
- Carajathemis
- Celebophlebia
- Celebothemis
- Celithemis
- Chalcostephia
- Chalybeothemis
- Cratilla
- Crocothemis
- Cyanothemis
- Dasythemis
- Deielia
- Diastatops
- Diplacina
- Diplacodes
- Dythemis
- Edonis
- Elasmothemis
- Eleuthemis
- Elga
- Epithemis
- Erythemis
- Erythrodiplax
- Fylgia
- Garrisonia
- Gynothemis
- Hadrothemis
- Hemistigma
- Huonia
- Hydrobasileus
- Hylaeothemis
- Hypothemis
- Idiataphe
- Indothemis
- Ladona
- Lanthanusa
- Lathrecista
- Leucorrhinia
- Libellula
- Lyriothemis
- Macrodiplax
- Macrothemis
- Malgassophlebia
- Miathyria
- Micrathyria
- Micromacromia
- Microtrigonia
- Misagria
- Nannodiplax
- Nannophlebia
- Nannophya
- Nannophyopsis
- Nannothemis
- Neodythemis
- Nephepeltia
- Nesciothemis
- Nesogonia
- Nesoxenia
- Neurothemis
- Nothodiplax
- Notiothemis
- Notolibellula
- Oligoclada
- Olpogastra
- Onychothemis
- Orchithemis
- Orionothemis
- Orthemis
- Orthetrum
- Oxythemis
- Pachydiplax
- Pacificothemis
- Palaeothemis
- Palpopleura
- Paltothemis
- Pantala
- Parazyxomma
- Perithemis
- Phyllothemis
- Planiplax
- Plathemis
- Pornothemis
- Porpax
- Potamarcha
- Protorthemis
- Pseudagrionoptera
- Pseudoleon
- Pseudothemis
- Pseudotramea
- Raphismia
- Rhodopygia
- Rhodothemis
- Rhyothemis
- Risiophlebia
- Scapanea
- Selysiothemis
- Sympetrum
- Tapeinothemis
- Tauriphila
- Tetrathemis
- Thalassothemis
- Thermochoria
- Thermorthemis
- Tholymis
- Tramea
- Trithemis
- Trithetrum
- Tyriobapta
- Uracis
- Urothemis
- Viridithemis
- Ypirangathemis
- Zenithoptera
- Zygonoides
- Zygonychidium
- Zygonyx
- Zyxomma
Child Taxa
- 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
- Zygonyx luctifer
- Zygonyx natalensis
- Zygonyx ranavalonae
- Zygonyx regisalberti
- Zygonyx speciosus
- Zygonyx takasago
- Zygonyx torridus
- Zygonyx viridescens

















































