Superfamily of damselflies
Calopterygoidea is a superfamily of damselflies in the order Odonata .[ 2] [ 3]
Amanipodagrionidae Dijkstra & Ware, 2021
Amphipterygidae Tillyard, 1917
Argiolestidae Fraser, 1957
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850 (broad-winged damselflies)
Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937
Devadattidae Dijkstra, 2014
Dicteriadidae Montgomery, 1959
Euphaeidae Yakobson & Bianchi, 1905
Heteragrionidae Rácenis, 1959
Hypolestidae Fraser, 1938
Lestoideidae Munz, 1919
Megapodagrionidae Calvert, 1913
Mesagrionidae Kalkman & Sanchez Herrera, 2021
Mesopodagrionidae Kalkman & Abbott, 2021
Pentaphlebiidae Novelo-Gutiérrez, 1995
Philogangidae Kennedy, 1920
Philogeniidae Rácenis, 1959
Philosinidae Kennedy, 1925
Polythoridae Munz, 1919
Priscagrionidae Kalkman & Bybee, 2021
Protolestidae Dijkstra & Bybee, 2021
Pseudolestidae Fraser, 1957
Rhipidolestidae Silsby, 2001
Rimanellidae Davies & Tobin, 1984
Tatocnemididae Racenis, 1959
Thaumatoneuridae Fraser, 1938
† Pseudostenolestidae Garrouste & Nel 2015
Following molecular phylogenetic studies in 2021, all of the genera under Calopterygoidea were placed into families except the genus Sciotropis Rácenis, 1959 .[ 4] [ 2]
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