Fauna - Vertebrates

Platycypha caligata - Dancing Jewel

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Chlorocyphidae - Jewels
Platycypha caligata
Dancing Jewel

More information on this species

Photographer/Source: Kate Braun - Available for use provided the source is quoted.


Features
thorax orange red and black, abdomen bright blue, legs white and red (male)

thorax orange red and black, abdomen bright blue, legs white and red (male)

thorax and abdomen yellow/buff/brown (female)

thorax and abdomen yellow/buff/brown (female)

pterostigmas black with buff centre (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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