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Calopterygidae
| Calopterygidae | |
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| Immature adult male Calopteryx virgo | |
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| Adult male Calopteryx virgo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Calopterygoidea |
| Family: | Calopterygidae Sélys, 1850[1] |
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Calopterygidae is a family of damselflies, in the suborder Zygoptera.[2] They are commonly known as the broad-winged damselflies,[3] demoiselles, or jewelwings.[4] These rather large damselflies have wingspans of 50–80 mm (compared to about 44 mm in the common bluetail damselfly, Ischnura elegans), are often metallic-coloured, and can be differentiated from other damselflies by the broader connection between the wings and the body, as opposed to the abrupt narrowing seen in other damselfly families.[5] The family contains some 150 species.
The Calopterygidae are found on every continent except Antarctica. They live along rivers and streams.[6]
- ^ Selys-Longchamps, E. (1850). "Revue des odonates ou libellules d'Europe". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège (in French). 6: 1-408 [133] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Family CALOPTERYGIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ Calopterygidae. Digital Key to Aquatic Insects of North Dakota. Valley City State University.
- ^ Calopterygidae. Archived 2016-10-05 at the Wayback Machine Dragonflies and Damselflies of Ecuador. Electronic Field Guide Project, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
- ^ “Broad-Winged Damselflies.” Calopterygidae Family - Broad-Winged Damselflies, https://unsm-ento.unl.edu/Odonata/calo.html.
- ^ Córdoba-Aguilar, A. & Cordero-Rivera, A. (2005). Evolution and ecology of Calopterygidae (Zygoptera: Odonata): status of knowledge and research perspectives. Neotrop. Entomol 34(6), 861-879.
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