page_title: List of Odonata species of South Africa
section_title: Chlorocyphidae
hierarchical_section_title: List of Odonata species of South Africa / Zygoptera (damselflies) / Chlorocyphidae
caption_attribution_description: English: Chlorolestes fasciatus (Mountain Malachite). Taken near Mangeni, KwaZulu-Natal
context_page_description: The common English names are those used by Tarboton and Tarboton and Tarboton. Alternative names used by Tarboton and Tarboton, Tarboton and Tarboton, Samways, and Dijkstra and Clausnitzer are given in brackets.
context_section_description: Chlorocypha
  Chlorocypha consueta, ruby jewel
  Platycypha
  Platycypha caligata, dancing jewel
  Platycypha fitzsimonsi, boulder jewel (Fitzsimons's jewel)
caption: Chlorolestes fasciatus, a southern African endemic
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