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Species Lestes alacer - Plateau Spreadwing

Plateau Spreadwing (Lestes alacer) - Lestes alacer

Damselfly on grass - Lestes alacer - female

Plateau Spreadwing - Lestes alacer - male

Plateau Spreadwing - Lestes alacer - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)

Family Lestidae (Spreadwings)

Genus Lestes

Species alacer (Plateau Spreadwing)

Explanation of Names

Author of species is Hagen, 1861.

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 11 December, 2005 - 8:06am
Additional contributions by Joshua Stuart Rose, Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 17 June, 2023 - 10:14pm

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