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Platycypha
Sign in to savePlatycypha is a genus of damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOdonata
- FamilyChlorocyphidae
Platycypha est un genre d'insectes odonates (libellules) du sous-ordre des Zygoptera (demoiselles) de la famille des Chlorocyphidae.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- Family
- Chlorocyphidae
- Collections
- AM
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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- Parent taxon
- Chlorocyphidae
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- Platycypha eliseva.jpg
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- Platycypha
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- topic's main category
- Category:Platycypha
- taxon author citation
- Fraser, 1949
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Platycypha is a genus of damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa.
==Species== The World Odonata List includes the following: Platycypha amboniensis - Montane Dancing-jewel Platycypha angolensis Longfield, 1959 (Angola Dancing Jewel) Platycypha auripes - Golden Dancing-jewel Platycypha bamptoni (Pinhey, 1975) Platycypha caligata - Dancing Jewel Platycypha crocea (Longfield, 1947) (Angola Jewel) Platycypha eliseva (Lucifer Jewel) Platycypha fitzsimonsi (Boulder Jewel) Platycypha inyangae (Inyanga Jewel) Platycypha lacustris (Forest Jewel) Platycypha picta (Petite Jewel) Platycypha pinheyi (Tanganyika Jewel) Platycypha rubriventris (Pinhey, 1975) (Red-bellied Jewel) Platycypha rufitibia - Red-booted Jewel
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