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Checklist of Superfamily Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 (Bluestreaks)
for Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
501
7087
22038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
499
7082
22032
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
17
82
237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
12
76
229
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
12
76
229
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
8
25
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
2
4
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
2 Families width 11 Species
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing2SpeciesTaxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies9SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kenya
4 Genera with 11 Species
Coryphagrion Morton, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Lestes Leach, 1839Emerald Damselflies9SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrion Selys, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Teinopodagrion De Marmels, 20011SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
11 Species
Coryphagrion grandis Morton, 1924East Coast Giant
Lestes dissimulans Fraser, 1955Cryptic Spreadwing
Lestes ictericus Gerstäcker, 1869Tawny Spreadwing
Lestes ochraceus Selys, 1862Ochre Spreadwing
Lestes pallidus (Rambur, 1842)⇒ Lestes sternalis Navas, 1930
Lestes plagiatus Burmeister, 1839Common Spreadwing
Lestes sternalis Navas, 1930
Lestes tridens McLachlan, 1895Grey-spotted Spreadwing
Lestes uncifer Karsch, 1899Sickle Spreadwing
Lestes virgatus Burmeister, 1839Smoky Spreadwing
Teinopodagrion eretes De Marmels, 2001

Subnodes of Lestoidea with occurrences in Kenya
FamilyLestidae
Calvert, 1901
Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly, Spreadwing, Spreadwings
1
9
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMegapodagrionidae
Tillyard, 1917
flatwing, Flatwings
3
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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