Seedless Plants
Fauna - Vertebrates
Fauna - Invertebrates
Platycypha caligata - Dancing Jewel
Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Chlorocyphidae - Jewels
Platycypha caligata
Dancing Jewel
More information on this species
Male
Photographer/Source: Christopher K Willis - © Christopher K Willis
Features
thorax orange red and black, abdomen bright blue, legs white and red (male)
thorax and abdomen yellow/buff/brown (female)
pterostigmas black with buff centre (female)
More photos on other websites:Look for Platycypha_caligata on iNaturalist
UCT Animal Demography Unit Virtual Museum
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