Platycypha auripes

Platycypha auripes, also known as Tanzania jewel, is a species of damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. It is endemic to the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania.^[1][2] It occurs in and around forest streams. Classified as endangered by the IUCN, it is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture and wood extraction.^[1]

Platycypha auripes
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Chlorocyphidae
Genus:	Platycypha
Species:	P. auripes
Binomial name
Platycypha auripes (Förster, 1906)