| Platycypha caligata | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Chlorocyphidae |
| Genus: | Platycypha |
| Species: | P. caligata |
| Binomial name | |
| Platycypha caligata (Selys, 1853) |
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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. It is also called the dancing jewel. 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.