Lestes virgatus
| Lestes virgatus | |
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| Male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Lestidae |
| Genus: | Lestes |
| Species: | L. virgatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lestes virgatus (Burmeister, 1839) | |
Lestes virgatus is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. It is known commonly as the smoky spreadwing and virginal spreadwing. It is native to much of southeastern Africa, where it is widespread. It lives in pools and swamps in forest and woodland habitat.[1]
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- ↑ Clausnitzer, V., Suhling, F. & Dijkstra, K. 2010. Lestes virgatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 January 2016.
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