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Archibasis
Archibasis is a genus of damselflies belonging to the family Coenagrionidae. These damselflies are generally medium-sized with bright colouring. Archibasis occurs in southern Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Violet Sprite
speciesArchibasis viola

long-banded bluetail
speciesArchibasis oscillans

Blue-banded Longtail
speciesArchibasis mimetes

Blue-nosed Sprite
speciesArchibasis melanocyana

Rebecca's Sprite
speciesArchibasis rebeccae

Archibasis tenella
speciesArchibasis tenella

Archibasis incisura
speciesArchibasis incisura

Lieftinck's Sprite
speciesArchibasis lieftincki
Archibasis crucigera
speciesArchibasis crucigera
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 86598.