Phaon

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Zygoptera
Superfamilia: Calopterygoidea
Familia: Calopterygidae
Subfamilia: Calopteryginae
Genus: Phaon
Species: P. camerunensis – P. iridipennis
Name
Phaon Selys, 1853

Phaon is a small genus of damselflies belonging to the family Calopterygidae. They occur in central and southern Africa and Madagascar.

The genus contains three species:[1]

Phaon camerunensis Sjöstedt, 1900 – Forest Flashwing[2]
Phaon iridipennis (Burmeister, 1839) – Glistening Demoiselle[3]
Phaon rasoherinae from Madagascar

eferences

Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2017). "Phaon camerunensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T184185A75086065. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T184185A75086065.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Suhling, F. (2016). "Phaon iridipennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59983A75086374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59983A75086374.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.