Platycypha

Platycypha is a genus of damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa.^[1][2][3]

Platycypha
Platycypha eliseva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Chlorocyphidae
Genus:	Platycypha Fraser, 1949

Species

The World Odonata List includes the following:^[3]

• Platycypha amboniensis (Martin, 1915) - Montane Dancing-jewel^[4]
• Platycypha angolensis Longfield, 1959 (Angola Dancing Jewel)
• Platycypha auripes (Förster, 1906) - Golden Dancing-jewel^[5]
• Platycypha bamptoni (Pinhey, 1975)
• Platycypha caligata (Selys, 1853) - Dancing Jewel^[6]
• Platycypha crocea (Longfield, 1947) (Angola Jewel)
• Platycypha eliseva Dijkstra, 2008 (Lucifer Jewel)
• Platycypha fitzsimonsi Pinhey, 1950 (Boulder Jewel)^[6]
• Platycypha inyangae Pinhey, 1958 (Inyanga Jewel)
• Platycypha lacustris (Förster, 1914) (Forest Jewel)
• Platycypha picta (Pinhey, 1962) (Petite Jewel)
• Platycypha pinheyi Fraser, 1950 (Tanganyika Jewel)
• Platycypha rubriventris (Pinhey, 1975) (Red-bellied Jewel)
• Platycypha rufitibia (Pinhey, 1961) - Red-booted Jewel^[7]