Platycypha

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Zygoptera
Superfamilia: Calopterygoidea

Familia: Chlorocyphidae
Genus: Platycypha
Species: P. amboniensis – P. auripes – P. caligata – P. eliseva – P. fitzsimonsi – P. lacustris – P. picta – P. pinheyi – P. rufitibia

Name
Platycypha Fraser, 1949

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

The genus contains the following species:[1]

Platycypha amboniensis (Martin, 1915) - Montane Dancing-jewel[2]
Platycypha auripes (Förster, 1906) - Golden Dancing-jewel[3]
Platycypha caligata (Selys, 1853) - Dancing Jewel[4]
Platycypha eliseva Dijkstra, 2008
Platycypha fitzsimonsi Pinhey, 1950 - Boulder Jewel[4]
Platycypha inyangae Pinhey, 1958
Platycypha lacustris (Förster, 1914)
Platycypha picta (Pinhey, 1962)
Platycypha pinheyi Fraser, 1950
Platycypha rufitibia (Pinhey, 1961) - Red-booted Jewel[5]

References

Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
Clausnitzer, V. (2010). "Platycypha amboniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T60003A12216422. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60003A12216422.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
Clausnitzer, V. (2010). "Platycypha auripes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T60004A12218293. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60004A12218293.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
Samways, Michael J. (2008). The Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN 978-954-642-330-6.
Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2017). "Platycypha rufitibia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T168014A75266729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T168014A75266729.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.