Chlorocypha consueta

{{Speciesbox

| image = Chlorocypha_consueta_male.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Clausnitzer, V. |author2=Suhling, F. |date=2018 |title=Chlorocypha consueta |volume=2018 |page=e.T59845A75110122 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T59845A75110122.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Chlorocypha

| species = consueta

| image_caption = A male Chlorocypha consueta

| authority = (Karsch, 1899)

| synonyms =

}}

Chlorocypha consueta, the ruby jewel, is a species of damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae.

Distribution and status

Tropical Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo; Malawi; Mozambique; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe.{{cite web|last1=Dijkstra|first1=K.-D.B|title=Chlorocypha consueta (Karsch, 1899)|url=http://www.zoology.uct.ac.za/index.php?taxon_id=8000|website=ADDO -- African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online|access-date=16 November 2017|language=en|archive-date=16 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116190351/http://www.zoology.uct.ac.za/index.php?taxon_id=8000|url-status=live}} A widespread species; no major threats are known.

Habitat

This species is most common along streams with gallery forest, but is also found on rivers and in more open habitats.

References

External links

{{Wikispecies-inline|Chlorocypha consueta|Chlorocypha consueta}}
[http://www.zoology.uct.ac.za/index.php?taxon_id=8000 Chlorocypha consueta] on [http://www.zoology.uct.ac.za/index.php?doc=About_ADDO African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online]
[https://thebdi.org/2020/08/24/ruby-jewel-chlorocypha-consueta/ Ruby jewel] Species text in the Online Atlas of South African Odonata

Category:Odonata of Africa

Category:Insects of South Africa

Category:Chlorocyphidae

Category:Insects described in 1899

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot