title: Cordulephya pygmaea
text: # Cordulephya pygmaea
  
  Cordulephya pygmaea is a species of dragonfly of the family Cordulephyidae, also known as the common shutwing. It inhabits streams in eastern Australia. It is small to tiny in size, coloured black, or purplish-black, with yellowish markings. It rests with its wings folded above its body in a similar manner to a damselfly.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Mating pair
  * Drawing of a male Cordulephya pygmaea by Robin Tillyard. Detail of wing base: B. (male), C. (female)
  * Female wings
  * Male wings
  