Platycypha caligata
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.[1]
- teneral male, Victoria Falls, Zambia
- female, Ithala Game Reserve
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Libellago caligata Selys, 1853 |
Males perform remarkable territorial and courtship displays which include flashing their brightly coloured legs and waving their abdomens.[3][4]
References
- Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2010). "Platycypha caligata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- Ris, Friedrich (1921). "The Odonata or Dragonflies of South Africa" (PDF). Annals of the South African Museum. XVIII: 245–452. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- Preston-Mafham, Rod; Preston-Mafham, Ken (1993). The encyclopedia of land invertebrate behaviour (1st MIT Press ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. p. 39. ISBN 0262161370. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
Platycypha caligata mating.
- Jennions, M. D. (1998). "Tibial coloration, fluctuating asymmetry and female choice behaviour in the damselfly Platycypha caligata". Animal Behaviour. 55 (6): 1517–1528. doi:10.1006/anbe.1997.0656.
External links
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