Indolestes

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title: "Indolestes" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lestidae", "zygoptera-genera", "odonata-of-oceania", "odonata-of-asia", "odonata-of-australia", "taxa-named-by-frederic-charles-fraser", "insects-described-in-1922", "damselflies", "taxonomy-articles-created-by-polbot"] description: "Genus of damselflies" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indolestes" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of damselflies ::

| image = Indolestes gracilis by Rohit George.jpg | image_caption = Indolestes gracilis Tamil Nadu | taxon = Indolestes | authority=Fraser, 1922

Indolestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Lestidae. Species of Indolestes can be medium-sized, dull coloured dragonflies. They are found from India through Asia, Australia and the Pacific.

Species

The genus Indolestes includes the following species:

• Indolestes albicaudus (McLachlan, 1895)
• Indolestes alfurus Lieftinck, 1960
• Indolestes alleni (Tillyard, 1913) - Small Reedling
• Indolestes anomalus Fraser, 1946
• Indolestes aruanus Lieftinck, 1951
• Indolestes assamicus Fraser, 1930
• Indolestes bellax (Lieftinck, 1930)
• Indolestes bilineatus (Selys, 1891)
• Indolestes birmanus (Selys, 1891)
• Indolestes boninensis (Asahina, 1952)
• Indolestes cheesmanae Kimmins, 1936
• Indolestes coeruleus Fraser, 1924
• Indolestes cyaneus (Selys, 1862)
• Indolestes dajakanus (Lieftinck, 1948)
• Indolestes davenporti (Fraser, 1930)
• Indolestes divisus (Hagen in Selys, 1862)
• Indolestes extraneus (Needham, 1930)
• Indolestes floresianus Lieftinck, 1960
• Indolestes goniocercus Lieftinck, 1960
• Indolestes gracilis (Hagen in Selys, 1862)
• Indolestes guizhouensis Zhou & Zhou, 2005
• Indolestes indicus Fraser, 1922
• Indolestes inflatus (Fraser, 1933)
• Indolestes linsleyi Lieftinck, 1960
• Indolestes lundquisti (Lieftinck, 1949)
• Indolestes luxatus (Lieftinck, 1932)
• Indolestes lygisticercus (Lieftinck, 1932)
• Indolestes obiri Watson, 1979 - Cave Reedling
• Indolestes peregrinus (Ris, 1916)
• Indolestes pulcherrimus Fraser, 1924
• Indolestes risi (Van der Weele, 1909)
• Indolestes sutteri Lieftinck, 1953
• Indolestes tenuissimus Tillyard, 1906 - Slender Reedling
• Indolestes vitiensis (Tillyard, 1924)

References

References

1. Fraser, F.C.. (1922). "New and rare Indian Odonata in the Pusa collection". Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture India, Entomological Series.
2. (2012). "Genus ''Indolestes'' Fraser, 1922". [[Australian Biological Resources Study]].
3. Watson, J.A.L.. (1991). "The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata". CSIRO.
4. {{World Odonata List
5. (2006). "The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia". CSIRO Publishing.

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