Clade Caloptera Belyshev and Haritonov 1983 (damselfly)
Parent taxon: Zygoptera according to G. Bechly 2007
Sister taxa: Agrion exhaustum, Agrion hecticum, Agrion mysis, Agrion thais, Andrephlebia, Burmadysagrionidae, Dinosamarura, Eopodagrion, Euzygoptera, Furagrion, Gasophlebia, Gomphus resinatus, Hemiphlebioidea, Italolestes, Megalestes anglicus, Mesomegaloprepidae, Platystictoidea, Podagrion abortivum, Pulchrairina, Samarura, Santanagrion, Shundeagrionidae, Steleopteridae, Steropoides, Sieblosiidae, Eodichromatoidea, Dysagrionidae, Whetwhetaksidae
Subtaxa: Eucaloptera
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore