Dancing Jewel

Platycypha caligata (Selys 1853)

Platycypha caligata (Dancing Jewel) is a species of Odonata in the family jewel damselfly. They are associated with freshwater habitat.

EOL has data for 5 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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indian Ocean
- URI: http://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=1904
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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freshwater habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002037
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on a body of water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (<0.5 grams dissolved salts per litre).
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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terrestrial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446
- Definition: A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.
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population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Unknown

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Dancing Jewel. View this species on GBIF