Platycypha caligata

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Platycypha caligata
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Family: Chlorocyphidae Genus: Platycypha Species: P. caligata
Binomial name
Platycypha caligata (Selys, 1853)

Platycypha caligata is a species of damselfly in family Chlorocyphidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Burundi, and possibly the Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rivers.

[edit] Source

• Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Platycypha caligata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.