Lestes

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Genus of damselflies

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::summary Genus of damselflies ::

| image = Lestes_sponsa_female.JPG | image_caption = female Lestes sponsa | taxon = Lestes | authority = Leach, 1815

Lestes is a genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae. The family hold their wings at about 45 degrees to the body when resting. This distinguishes them from most other species of damselflies which hold the wings along, and parallel to, the body when at rest.

The name Lestes comes from the Greek word λῃστής (lēistēs) meaning thief.

Extant Species

The genus Lestes includes the following species: ::data[format=table]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
[[File:Lestes alacer 16096989.jpg120px]][[File:Plateau spreadwing (26597137254).jpg120px]]Lestes alacer Hagen, 1861
Lestes alfonsoi González & Novelo, 2001Central America.
Lestes amicus Martin, 1910Congo, Tanzania, Angola
Lestes angularis Fraser, 1929India
Lestes apollinaris Navás, 1934Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Lestes auripennis Fraser, 1955Madagascar
Lestes auritus Hagen in Selys, 1862Brazil
[[File:Lestes australis 11286516.jpg120px]][[File:Southern Spreadwing - Lestes australis, Big Thicket National Preserve, Kountze, Texas - 25934709655.jpg120px]]Lestes australis Walker, 1952
[[File:Southern Emerald Damselfly (9285227472).jpg120px]][[File:LestesBarbarusFemale.jpg120px]]Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)
Lestes basidens Belle, 1997Surinam
Lestes bipupillatus Calvert, 1909Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina
[[File:A male Dusky Spreadwing damselfly.jpg120px]][[File:A female Dusky Spreadwing damselfly.jpg120px]]Lestes concinnus Hagen in Selys, 1862
[[File:Lestes species.jpg120px]][[File:Lestidae - Lestes congener.JPG120px]]Lestes congener Hagen, 1861
Lestes curvatus Belle, 1997Surinam
Lestes debellardi De Marmels, 1992Surinam
Lestes dichrostigma Calvert, 1909Brazil
[[File:Northern Spreadwing (15065316741).jpg120px]][[File:Northern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus) - MacGregor Point Provincial Park 01.jpg120px]]Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862
Lestes dissimulans Fraser, 1955Cryptic SpreadwingAngola; Benin; Botswana; Côte d'Ivoire; Chad; Congo-Brazzaville; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Nigeria; Republic of South Africa; Senegal; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
[[File:Lestes dorothea-Thekkady-2018-09-09-001.jpg120px]][[File:Lestes dorothea-Kadavoor-2018-08-05-002.jpg120px]]Lestes dorothea Fraser, 1924
[[File:LestesDryasElderMale.jpg120px]][[File:Scarce Emerald Damselfly (Lestes dryas) female (34515365954).jpg120px]]Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890
[[File:Emerald spreadwing4 (lestes elatus) പച്ച ചേരാച്ചിറകൻ male.jpg120px]][[File:Emerald spreadwing2 (lestes elatus) പച്ച ചേരാച്ചിറകൻ Female.jpg120px]]Lestes elatus Hagen in Selys, 1862
[[File:Lestes eurinus 42318970.jpg120px]]Lestes eurinus Say, 1839Amber-winged Spreadwing
Lestes falcifer Sjöstedt, 1918Venezuela
Lestes fernandoi Costa, De Souza & Muzón, 2006Brazil
[[File:Sweetflag Spreadwing (Lestes forcipatus) - MacGregor Point Provincial Park.jpg120px]]Lestes forcipatus Rambur, 1842Sweetflag Spreadwing
[[File:Lestes forficula 34308859.jpg120px]]Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842Rainpool Spreadwing
Lestes garoensis Lahiri, 1987India
Lestes helix Ris, 1918Peru, Venezuela
Lestes henshawi Calvert, 1907Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela
Lestes ictericus Gerstäcker, 1869Tawny SpreadwingBenin; Côte d'Ivoire; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gambia; Kenya; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Republic of South Africa; Senegal; South Sudan; Sudan; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
[[File:Elegant spreadwing (?) (42923927762).jpg120px]][[File:Elegant Spreadwing - Lestes inaequalis, Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge, Laurel, Maryland - 14440132944.jpg120px]]Lestes inaequalis Walsh, 1862
Lestes japonicus Selys, 1883Japan, Korean Peninsula, Eastern Russia
Lestes jerrelli Tennessen, 1997Ecuador
Lestes jurzitzai Muzon, 1994Brazil
[[File:Lestes macrostigma2.jpg120px]]Lestes macrostigma (Eversmann, 1836)title=Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain, Europe and North Africa
[[File:Lestes malabaricus Fraser.jpg120px]]Lestes malabaricus Fraser, 1929
Lestes malaisei Schmidt, 1964Myanmar
Lestes minutus Selys, 1862Brazil, Trinidad, Venezuela
[[File:Lestes nigriceps.jpg120px]]Lestes nigriceps Fraser, 1924
[[File:Lestes nodalis 12.jpg120px]][[File:Lestes nodalis female.jpg120px]]Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891
Lestes numidicus Samraoui, Weekers & Dumont, 2003Algeria
Lestes ochraceus Selys, 1862Benin; Côte d'Ivoire; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Kenya; Malawi; South Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
[[File:Lestes pallidus 2012 12 26.jpg120px]]Lestes pallidus Rambur, 1842
[[File:Lestes patricia male-shrirambhakare4.jpg120px]][[File:Lestes patricia female-shrirambhakare2.jpg120px]]Lestes patricia Fraser, 1924
Lestes paulistus Calvert, 1909Brazil
Lestes pictus Hagen in Selys, 1862Brazil
Lestes pinheyi Fraser, 1955Pinhey's SpreadwingAngola; Botswana; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gabon; Ghana; Malawi; Namibia; Nigeria; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe
[[File:Lestes plagiatus 2017 11 28 1524.jpg120px]][[File:Lestes plagiatus Karuraforest 1.jpg120px]]Lestes plagiatus (Burmeister, 1839)
Lestes praecellens Lieftinck, 1937Malaysia
[[File:Lestes praemorsus 5.jpg120px]][[File:Lestes praemorsus.jpg120px]]Lestes praemorsus Hagen in Selys, 1862
Lestes praevius Lieftinck, 1940Sabah
Lestes pruinescens Martin, 1910Madagascar
Lestes quadristriatus Calvert, 1909Brazil
[[File:Slender Spreadwing Lestes rectangularis.jpg120px]][[File:Lestes rectangularis.JPG120px]]Lestes rectangularis Say, 1839
Lestes regulatus Martin, 1910Ethiopia
Lestes scalaris Gundlach, 1888Caribbean
Lestes secula May, 1993Panama
[[File:Lestes sigma 49198149.jpg120px]]Lestes sigma Calvert, 1901Chalky Spreadwing
Lestes silvaticus Schmidt, 1951Madagascar
Lestes simplex Hagen, 1861Mexico
Lestes simulatrix McLachlan, 1895Madagascar
Lestes spatula Fraser, 1946Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay
[[File:Common Spreadwing. Lestes sponsa. - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg120px]][[File:Common Emerald Damselfly female. Lestes sponsa (27721611649).jpg120px]]Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823)
Lestes spumarius Hagen in Selys, 1862Antillean SpreadwingCaribbean Sea and North America.
Lestes sternalis Navás, 1930Colombia
[[File:Lestes stultus 6836306.jpg120px]]Lestes stultus Hagen, 1861Black Spreadwing
[[File:Lestes temporalis(Male,Japan,2017.11.12,c).jpg120px]][[File:Lestes temporalis(Female,Japan,17.08.23).jpg120px]]Lestes temporalis Selys, 1883
[[File:Lestes tenuatus 22570712.jpg120px]]Lestes tenuatus Rambur, 1842Blue-striped Spreadwing
Lestes thoracicus Laidlaw, 1920emerald-striped spreadwingBangladesh, India, and Thailand
Lestes tikalus Kormoondy, 1959Guatemala
Lestes trichonus Belle, 1997Surinam
Lestes tricolor Erichson, 1848British Guyana
[[File:Lestes tridens 024502-2.jpg120px]]Lestes tridens McLachlan, 1895Spotted Spreadwing
Lestes umbrinus Selys, 1891Myanmar
Lestes uncifer Karsch, 1899Sickle SpreadwingCameroon; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gabon; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Republic of South Africa; Somalia; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Lestes undulatus Say, 1840Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile
[[File:Lestes unguiculatus 54807132.jpg120px]]Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
Lestes urubamba Kennedy, 1942Peru
[[File:Lestes vidua 28438286.jpg120px]]Lestes vidua Hagen, 1861Carolina Spreadwing
[[File:Swamp Spreadwing.jpg120px]][[File:Swamp spreadwing (25647804382).jpg120px]]Lestes vigilax Hagen in Selys, 1862
[[File:2014.07.14.-08-Zadlitzgraben Pressel--Kleine Binsenjungfer-junges Maennchen.jpg120px]][[File:2014.07.17.-25-Zadlitzgraben Pressel--Kleine Binsenjungfer-Weibchen.jpg120px]]Lestes virens (Charpentier, 1825)
[[File:Lestes virgatus 007539-1.jpg120px]][[File:Lestes virgatus 022108-1.jpg120px]]Lestes virgatus (Burmeister, 1839)
[[File:Lestes viridulus – Emerald-striped Spreadwing-milindbhakare (1).jpg120px]][[File:Lestes viridulus – Emerald-striped Spreadwing-milindbhakare (8).jpg120px]]Lestes viridulus Rambur, 1842
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Fossils

References

References

  1. (1815). "The Edinburgh Encyclopedia". William Blackburn.
  2. (2012). "Genus ''Lestes'' Leach, 1815". [[Australian Biological Resources Study]].
  3. Costantino D’Antonio and Francesca Vegliante. "Derivatio nominis libellularum europæarum".
  4. {{World Odonata List
  5. (2009). "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound.
  6. (2004). "The Natural History of Ireland's Dragonflies". Ulster Museum.
  7. (1986). "Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain, Europe and North Africa". [[HarperCollins.
  8. "Checklist of UK Species". [[British Dragonfly Society]].
  9. "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com.

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