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Dancing Jewels
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Dancing Jewels

Platycypha

Platycypha is a genus of African damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (Chlorocyphidae).

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species

Dancing Jewel

speciesPlatycypha caligata

Boulder Jewel

speciesPlatycypha fitzsimonsi

Tanzania Jewel

speciesPlatycypha auripes

Angola Jewel

speciesPlatycypha angolensis

Platycypha bamptoni

speciesPlatycypha bamptoni

Forest Jewel

speciesPlatycypha lacustris

Kenya Jewel

speciesPlatycypha amboniensis

Tanganyika Jewel

speciesPlatycypha pinheyi

Beautiful Jewel

speciesPlatycypha rufitibia

Petite Jewel

speciesPlatycypha picta

Inyanga Jewel

speciesPlatycypha inyangae

Platycypha crocea

speciesPlatycypha crocea

Platycypha eliseva

speciesPlatycypha eliseva

Platycypha rubriventris

speciesPlatycypha rubriventris

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91124.