Platycypha

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

Platycypha is a genus of African damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (Chlorocyphidae). [1] [2] [3]

The genus contains the following species: [3]

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References

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  2. "Platycypha Fraser, 1949". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  3. 1 2 Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama . Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  4. Clausnitzer, V. (2010). "Platycypha amboniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T60003A12216422. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60003A12216422.en . Retrieved 24 December 2017.
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  6. 1 2 Samways, Michael J. (2008). The Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN   978-954-642-330-6.
  7. Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2017). "Platycypha rufitibia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T168014A75266729. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T168014A75266729.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.