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Species
Least ConcernMostly resting on boulders, twigs or leaf blades in/over the water. Flight short and bee-like. Has an elaborate court ship dance where the male hover in front of the resting female, with legs dangling and waving, with the white very conspicuous.
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Platycypha
- Image
- Platycypha caligata.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Platycypha caligata
- taxon name
- Platycypha caligata
- taxon common name
- Dansende Juweeltjie
- short name
- P. caligata
- taxon author citation
- (Selys, 1853)
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