Platycypha
{{Short description|Genus of damselflies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Platycypha eliseva.jpg
| image_caption = Platycypha eliseva
| taxon = Platycypha
| authority = Fraser, 1949
}}
Platycypha is a genus of damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
The World Odonata List includes the following:{{World Odonata List}}
- Platycypha amboniensis {{small|(Martin, 1915)}} - Montane Dancing-jewel{{Cite iucn | author = Clausnitzer, V. | title = Platycypha amboniensis | volume = 2010 | page = e.T60003A12216422 | date = 2010 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60003A12216422.en | access-date = 24 December 2017}}
- Platycypha angolensis Longfield, 1959 (Angola Dancing Jewel)
- Platycypha auripes {{small|(Förster, 1906)}} - Golden Dancing-jewel{{Cite iucn | author = Clausnitzer, V. | title = Platycypha auripes | volume = 2010 | page = e.T60004A12218293 | date = 2010 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60004A12218293.en | access-date = 24 December 2017}}
- Platycypha bamptoni (Pinhey, 1975)
- Platycypha caligata {{small|(Selys, 1853)}} - Dancing Jewel{{cite book|last=Samways|first=Michael J.|title=The Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa|year=2008|publisher=Pensoft|isbn=978-954-642-330-6}}
- Platycypha crocea (Longfield, 1947) (Angola Jewel)
- Platycypha eliseva {{small|Dijkstra, 2008}} (Lucifer Jewel)
- Platycypha fitzsimonsi {{small|Pinhey, 1950}} (Boulder Jewel)
- Platycypha inyangae {{small|Pinhey, 1958}} (Inyanga Jewel)
- Platycypha lacustris {{small|(Förster, 1914)}} (Forest Jewel)
- Platycypha picta {{small|(Pinhey, 1962)}} (Petite Jewel)
- Platycypha pinheyi {{small|Fraser, 1950}} (Tanganyika Jewel)
- Platycypha rubriventris (Pinhey, 1975) (Red-bellied Jewel)
- Platycypha rufitibia {{small|(Pinhey, 1961)}} - Red-booted Jewel{{cite iucn |author=Clausnitzer, V. |author2=Suhling, F. |author3=Dijkstra, K.-D.B. |date=2017 |title=Platycypha rufitibia |volume=2017 |page=e.T168014A75266729 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T168014A75266729.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}