Orolestes

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Orolestes
Lestidae (Orolestes wallacei) male (14242862012).jpg
Orolestes wallacei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Orolestes
McLachlan, 1895

Orolestes is a genus of stalk-winged damselflies in the family Lestidae. There are about seven described species in Orolestes. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Species

These seven species belong to the genus Orolestes:

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Orolestes durga Lahiri, 1987India
Orolestes excelsus Fraser, 1933Thailand
Orolestes motis Baijal & Agarwal, 1956India
Orolestes octomaculatus Martin, 1904Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia
Orolestes selysi McLachlan, 1895Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, China
Lestidae (Orolestes wallacei) male (14242862012).jpg Orolestes wallacei (Kirby, 1889)Malaysia

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References

  1. "Orolestes". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. doi: 10.1111/syen.12035 .
  3. "Odonata Central" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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