Key to the species of Caryanda viridis -species group

1A Male cerci decurved in apical two fifths, apex thicker and contorted outward (Figs 2–3, 9–10)......................... 2

1B Male cerci decurved in apical fifth, apex slenderer and not contorted outward (Figs 24, 26)........................... 3

2A Hind femora green or yellowish green, without any colour ring before knee (Figs 19–21)............. C. viridis comb. nov.

2B Hind femora red, with a yellow ring before knee (Figs 22–23)................................ C. eshana Mao sp. nov.

3A Hind femora greenish to greenish yellow; back of body green to glaucous in both sexes (Figs 24–27); female subgenital plate with posterior margin nearly straight at both sides................................................. C. dehongensis

3B Hind femora red; back of body with 13 yellowish white maculations in male; female subgenital plate with a large triangular process on both sides of posterior margin...................................................... C. albomaculata