Heliocharis is a monotypic genus of damselflies in the family Dicteriadidae. It contains the single species Heliocharis amazona. It is native to South America, where it is distributed from Venezuela to Argentina.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Dicteriadidae |
| Genus: | Heliocharis Selys, 1853 |
| Species: | H. amazona
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| Binomial name | |
| Heliocharis amazona Selys, 1853
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References
edit- ^ Fleck, G., Neiss, U. G., & Hamada, N. (2012). The larva of Dicterias Selys, 1853 (Odonata: Heliocharitidae (= Dicteriadidae), and taxonomic and phylogenetic notes on Heliocharitidae. Zootaxa, 3164, 32-40.