Checklist of Family Lestidae Calvert, 1901 (Spread-winged damselflies)
for Sri Lanka (South Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 526
6183
14457 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 523
6178
14450 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects | 21
103
228 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
| 12
75
174 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies | 12
75
174 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies | 8
27
95 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Lestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks | 1
4
11 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lestidae
Calvert, 1901
Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly | 4
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Sri Lanka
4 Genera with 11 Species
Species list for Sri Lanka
11 Species and 2 Subspecies | Indolestes divisus Hagen, 1862 | Closed-wing Reedling | | Indolestes gracilis Hagen, 1862 | Mountain reedling | | Indolestes gracilis gracilis Hagen, 1862 | | | Lestes elatus Hagen, 1862 | Asian emerald spreadwing | | Lestes malabaricus Fraser, 1929 | Malabar spreadwing | | Lestes praemorsus (Hagen, 1862) | ⇒ Platylestes praemorsus Hagen, 1862 | | Lestes praemorsus decipiens Kirby, 1893 | | | Lestes rectangularis Say, 1840 | Slender Spreadwing | | Lestes tridens McLachlan, 1895 | Grey-spotted Spreadwing | | Lestes uncifer Karsch, 1899 | Sickle Spreadwing | | Lestes vigilax Selys, 1862 | Swamp Spreadwing | | Platylestes praemorsus Hagen, 1862 | Scalloped spreadwing | | Sinhalestes orientalis Hagen, 1862 | Emerald Sri Lanka Spreadwing |
Subnodes of Lestidae with occurrences in Sri Lanka
 | | Lestidae (Calvert 1901) |
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