Aristocypha, Laidlaw, 1950

Orr, Albert G. W., 2024, A review of present knowledge of larvae of the Calopterygoidea (Zygoptera) of the Oriental realm, including keys to families and known genera, Zootaxa 5497 (2), pp. 209-243 : 230

Aristocypha

The genus includes 12 species ranging from the Himalayas to southern China and Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and West Malaysia. Larvae of Aristocypha quadrimaculata (Selys) and A. trifasciata (Selys) were both described and illustrated with habitus and numerous structural details by Kumar & Prasad (1977c). The larval habitus of A. fenestrella (Rambur) was illustrated by Orr (2005) and a male larva of the same species was described in detail by Orr et al. (2024). Comparisons between these descriptions suggests that the form of the caudal spikes and the presence of longer setae on the scape may distinguish this genus from Heliocypha in known species.