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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