Neophya

Neophya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Superfamily: Libelluloidea
Family: Neophyidae
Tillyard and Fraser, 1940
Genus: Neophya
Selys, 1881
Species:
N. rutherfordi
Binomial name
Neophya rutherfordi
Selys, 1881
Map showing African distribution of Neophya
Distribution of Neophya

Neophya is a monotypic genus of dragonflies and the only genus in the family Neophyidae, which is placed in the superfamily Libelluloidea. Its only living species, Neophya rutherfordi, occurs in the tropical rainforests of western and central Africa.