Bayadera

Bayadera
Bayadera indica
Scientific classification Edit this 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. The species in the genus are distributed in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent (especially the Himalayas).

Species

The World Odonata List lists 17 species:

Species Author Distribution
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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "The World Odonata List". Odonata central. Retrieved 2026-10-06.
  3. ↑ "Bayadera Selys, 1853". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2026-10-06.
  4. ↑ 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. hdl:10072/398768.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.