Bayadera
Appearance
| Bayadera | |
|---|---|
| Bayadera indica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Euphaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Euphaeinae |
| Genus: | Bayadera Selys, 1853 |
Bayadera is a genus of Asian damselflies in the family Euphaeidae and subfamily Euphaeinae, described by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps in 1853.[1] The species in the genus are distributed in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent (especially the Himalayas).
Species
[edit]The World Odonata List lists 17 species:[2]
| Species | Author | Distribution[3][4][5][6] |
|---|---|---|
| Bayadera bidentata | Needham, 1930 | Vietnam (north), China |
| Bayadera brevicauda | Fraser, 1928 | Taiwan |
| Bayadera continentalis | Asahina, 1973 | Vietnam (north), China, Laos |
| Bayadera fasciata | Sjöstedt, 1932 | China (south and southwest), Vietnam (north) |
| Bayadera forcipata | Needham, 1930 | China |
| Bayadera hatvan | Hämäläinen & Kompier, 2015 | Vietnam (north) |
| Bayadera hyalina | Selys, 1879 | Vietnam, China (south), Laos, Thailand, India |
| Bayadera indica | (Selys, 1853) | India (northeast and north), Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar (northern), Southern China (especially Yunnan) |
| Bayadera ishigakiana | Asahina, 1964 | Japan (Ryukyu Islands) |
| Bayadera kali | Cowley, 1936 | India, Nepal, Bhutan |
| Bayadera kinnara | Hämäläinen, 2013 | Myanmar |
| Bayadera kirbyi | Wilson & Reels, 2001 | China (Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong) |
| Bayadera longicauda | Fraser, 1928 | India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh |
| Bayadera melanopteryx | Ris, 1912 | Vietnam (north), China |
| Bayadera nephelopennis | Davies & Yang, 1996 | Vietnam (north), China (Sichuan) |
| Bayadera serrata | Davies & Yang, 1996 | Vietnam (north), China (Yunnan, Sichuan), Laos, Thailand |
| Bayadera strigata | Davies & Yang, 1996 | Vietnam (north), China (Yunnan) |
References
[edit]- ↑ Selys-Longchamps E de (1853). Synopsis des caloptérygines. Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts de Belgique Annex (1853-1854): 1-73.
- ↑ "The World Odonata List". Odonata central. Retrieved 2026-10-06.
- ↑ "Bayadera Selys, 1853". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2026-10-06.
- ↑ Kalkman, Vincent; Babu, R; Bedjanic, Matjaz; Conniff, Karen; Gyeltshen, Thinley; Khan, Md Kawsar; Subramanian, K; Zia, Syed Ahmed; Orr, Albert (2020-09-08). "Checklist of the dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka". Zootaxa. 4849: 1–84. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4849.1.1.
- ↑ Quoc Toan, Phan; Kompier, Tom; KARUBE, HARUKI; Hayashi, Fumio (2018-01-24). "A synopsis of the Euphaeidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) of Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species of Euphaea". Zootaxa. 4375: 151. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4375.2.1.
- ↑ Limbu, Ruksha; Thapa, Monish; Achint, Ramandeep; Saroa, Ruchika (2025-12-09). "First record of Bayadera hyalina (Odonata: Euphaeidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India". Notulae odonatologicae. 10. doi:10.60024/nodo.v10i6.a2.