Devadatta (damselfly)

Devadatta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Devadattidae
Dijkstra, Kalkman, Dow, Stokvis & van Tol, 2014
Genus: Devadatta
Kirby, 1890

Devadatta is a genus of damselflies in the family Devadattidae which is a sister-group of the Chlorocyphidae. There are about 13 described species in Devadatta.[1][2][3]

The genus has sometimes been placed in the family Amphipterygidae. Species in the genus are found in Southeast Asia with several species in Borneo.[4]

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  4. ^ Dow, Rory A.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Stokvis, Frank R. (2015). "Revision of the genus Devadatta Kirby, 1890 in Borneo based on molecular and morphological methods, with descriptions of four new species (Odonata: Zygoptera: Devadattidae)". Zootaxa. 4033 (3): 301. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4033.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334.