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    (c) Robert Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) william van Niekerk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Keith DP Wilson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Bart Wursten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Dancing Jewel

Platycypha caligata

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About

Platycypha caligata (dancing jewel) is a species of damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. It is found in eastern, central and southern Africa from Ethiopia to Angola and South Africa. Its natural habitats include shady parts of subtropical or tropical streams and rivers in forest, woodland, savanna, and shrubland, and shorelines of lakes.

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