''Matrona'' is a

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damselflies Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies (which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Epiprocta) but are usually smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the win ...

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Calopterygidae Calopterygidae is a Family (biology), family of damselfly, damselflies, in the suborder Zygoptera. They are commonly known as the broad-winged damselflies, demoiselles, or jewelwings. These rather large damselflies have wingspans of 50–80 ...

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Matrona basilaris ''Matrona basilaris'' is a species of broad-winged damselfly found in East Asia. Description ''Matrona basilaris'' is a large damselfly which ranges in color from brilliant metallic green in males to reddish brown in females. Its wings range ...

'' * '' Matrona corephaea'' Hämäläinen, M.; Yu, X.; Zhang, H. 2011: Descriptions of ''Matrona oreades'' spec. nov and ''Matrona corephaea'' spec. nov from

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(Odonata: Calopterygidae). ''

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/ref> * '' Matrona cyanoptera'' * '' Matrona japonica''Xin Yu, Junli Xue, Matti Hämäläinen, Yang Liu, and Wenjun Bu 2015: A revised classification of the genus Matrona Selys, 1853 using molecular and morphological methods (Odonata: Calopterygidae). ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 174, 473–486. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12253 * '' Matrona mazu'' * '' Matrona nigripectus'' * '' Matrona oberthueri'' * '' Matrona oreades'' * '' Matrona taoi''Phan, Q. T.; Hämäläinen, M. 2011: ''Matrona taoi'' spec. nov., a new damselfly species from

northern Vietnam Northern Vietnam or '' Tonkin'' () is one of three geographical regions in Vietnam. It consists of three geographic sub-regions: the Northwest (Vùng Tây Bắc), the Northeast (Vùng Đông Bắc), and the Red River Delta (Đồng Bằng Sôn ...

(Odonata: Calopterygidae). ''

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Calopterygidae Zygoptera genera Taxa named by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps {{Calopterygoidea-stub