# Chlorocypha

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***Chlorocypha*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [damselflies](/source/Damselfly) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Chlorocyphidae](/source/Chlorocyphidae).

## Species

The genus contains these species:[1]

- *[Chlorocypha aphrodite](/source/Chlorocypha_aphrodite)* Le Roi, 1915
- *[Chlorocypha cancellata](/source/Chlorocypha_cancellata)* (Selys, 1879)
- *[Chlorocypha centripunctata](/source/Chlorocypha_centripunctata)* Gambles, 1975 - giant jewel[2]
- *[Chlorocypha consueta](/source/Chlorocypha_consueta)* (Karsch, 1899) - ruby jewel,[3] southern red jewel[4]
- *[Chlorocypha croceus](/source/Chlorocypha_croceus)* Longfield, 1947
- *[Chlorocypha curta](/source/Chlorocypha_curta)* (Hagen in Selys, 1853) - blue-tailed red jewel[5]
- *[Chlorocypha cyanifrons](/source/Chlorocypha_cyanifrons)* (Selys, 1873)
- *[Chlorocypha dahli](/source/Chlorocypha_dahli)* Fraser, 1956
- *[Chlorocypha dispar](/source/Chlorocypha_dispar)* (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) - small red jewel[6]
- *[Chlorocypha fabamacula](/source/Chlorocypha_fabamacula)* Pinhey, 1961
- *[Chlorocypha frigida](/source/Chlorocypha_frigida)* Pinhey, 1961
- *[Chlorocypha ghesquierei](/source/Chlorocypha_ghesquierei)* Fraser, 1959
- *[Chlorocypha glauca](/source/Chlorocypha_glauca)* (Selys, 1879) - eastern red-tipped jewel[7]
- *[Chlorocypha grandis](/source/Chlorocypha_grandis)* (Sjöstedt, 1899)
- *[Chlorocypha hasta](/source/Chlorocypha_hasta)* Pinhey, 1960
- *[Chlorocypha helenae](/source/Chlorocypha_helenae)* Legrand, 1984
- *[Chlorocypha hintzi](/source/Chlorocypha_hintzi)* (Grünberg, 1914)
- *[Chlorocypha jacksoni](/source/Chlorocypha_jacksoni)* Pinhey, 1952
- *[Chlorocypha luminosa](/source/Chlorocypha_luminosa)* (Karsch, 1893) - orange jewel[8]
- *[Chlorocypha molindica](/source/Chlorocypha_molindica)* Fraser, 1948
- *[Chlorocypha mutans](/source/Chlorocypha_mutans)* Legrand & Couturier, 1984
- *[Chlorocypha neptunus](/source/Chlorocypha_neptunus)* (Sjöstedt, 1899)
- *[Chlorocypha radix](/source/Chlorocypha_radix)* Longfield, 1959 - western red-tipped jewel[9]
- *[Chlorocypha rubida](/source/Chlorocypha_rubida)* (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
- *[Chlorocypha rubriventris](/source/Chlorocypha_rubriventris)* Pinhey, 1975
- *[Chlorocypha schmidti](/source/Chlorocypha_schmidti)* Pinhey, 1967
- *[Chlorocypha selysi](/source/Chlorocypha_selysi)* Karsch, 1899 - blue-nuzzled jewel[10]
- *[Chlorocypha seydeli](/source/Chlorocypha_seydeli)* Fraser, 1958
- *[Chlorocypha sharpae](/source/Chlorocypha_sharpae)* Pinhey, 1972
- *[Chlorocypha tenuis](/source/Chlorocypha_tenuis)* Longfield, 1936
- *[Chlorocypha trifaria](/source/Chlorocypha_trifaria)* (Karsch, 1899) - Uganda red jewel[11]
- *[Chlorocypha victoriae](/source/Chlorocypha_victoriae)* (Förster, 1914)
- *[Chlorocypha wittei](/source/Chlorocypha_wittei)* Fraser, 1955

## References

1. Clausnitzer, V. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2018). "*Africocypha centripunctata*". [doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T169202A75106103.en](https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T169202A75106103.en). Retrieved 5 January 2024.

1. Samways, Michael J. (2008). *The Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa*. Pensoft. ISBN 978-954-642-330-6.

1. Clausnitzer, V. & Suhling, F. (2018). "*Chlorocypha consueta*". [doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T59845A75110122.en](https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T59845A75110122.en). Retrieved 5 January 2024.

1. Clausnitzer, V. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "*Chlorocypha curta*". Vol. 2016. [doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59846A75114099.en](https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59846A75114099.en). Retrieved 12 November 2021.

1. Clausnitzer, V. (2018). "*Chlorocypha dispar*". [doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T158555A75117913.en](https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T158555A75117913.en). Retrieved 5 January 2024.

1. Clausnitzer, V. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2010). "*Chlorocypha glauca*". Vol. 2010. [doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184215A8242578.en](https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184215A8242578.en). Retrieved 24 December 2017.

1. Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2017). "*Chlorocypha luminosa*". Vol. 2017. [doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T169205A75127741.en](https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T169205A75127741.en). Retrieved 12 November 2021.

1. Clausnitzer, V. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2017). "*Chlorocypha radix*". Vol. 2017. [doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T169206A75132008.en](https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T169206A75132008.en). Retrieved 12 November 2021.

1. Clausnitzer, V. (2018). "*Chlorocypha selysi*". [doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T184299A75136962.en](https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T184299A75136962.en). Retrieved 5 January 2024.

1. Clausnitzer, V. (2016). "*Chlorocypha trifaria*". Vol. 2016. [doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59852A75139742.en](https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59852A75139742.en). Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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