Platycypha caligata

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Platycypha caligata
Male
Dancing Jewel (Platycypha caligata) teneral male.jpg
teneral male

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Chlorocyphidae
Genus: Platycypha
Species:
P. caligata
Binomial name
Platycypha caligata
(Selys, 1853)
Synonyms

Libellago caligata Selys, 1853

Platycypha caligata, the dancing jewel, is a species of

tropical streams and rivers in forest, woodland, savanna, and shrubland, and shorelines of lakes.[1]

Males perform remarkable territorial and courtship displays which include flashing and vibrating (foot waggling) their brightly colored legs with flattened tibiae and waving their abdomens.[3][4][5] Experimentally varying tibial colours showed functions of anterior and posterior tibial colours to be distinct. The white anterior colouration was vital during courtship to attract mates and achieve tandem formation. Similarly, the red colouration on the posterior of the tibia was necessary for territorial signalling to other males.[6]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60005A75241796.en
    . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ris, Friedrich (1921). "The Odonata or Dragonflies of South Africa" (PDF). Annals of the South African Museum. XVIII: 245–452. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  3. ISBN 0262161370
    . Retrieved 1 November 2014. Platycypha caligata mating.
  4. S2CID 34960347
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  5. S2CID 22706989
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  6. ^ Telford, S. R.; Barnett, M.; Polakow, D. A. (1996). "The functional significance of tibial displays in the damselfly Platycypha caligata (Selys) (Odonota: Chrocyphidae)". Journal of Insect Behavior. 9: 835–839.

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