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Slender Jewels
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Slender Jewels

Stenocypha

Stenocypha is a genus of damselflies in the family Chlorocyphidae, erected by Klaas-Douwe Dijkstra in 2013. Species have been recorded from tropical central Africa.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Bow-faced Jewel

speciesStenocypha molindica

Stenocypha tenuis

speciesStenocypha tenuis

Yellow-sided Jewel

speciesStenocypha jacksoni

Stenocypha gracilis

speciesStenocypha gracilis

Stenocypha hasta

speciesStenocypha hasta

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 535197.