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Lestidae

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The Lestidae are a rather small family of cosmopolitan, large-sized, slender damselflies, known commonly as the spreadwings or spread-winged damselflies.

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Chalcolestes viridis

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Sympecma paedisca

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Lestes is a genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae. The family hold their wings at about 45 degrees to the body when resting. This distinguishes them from most other species of damselflies which hold the wings along, and parallel to, the body when at rest.

Chalcolestes parvidens

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Sympecma is a genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae.

Austrolestes cingulatus

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Indolestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Lestidae. Species of Indolestes can be medium-sized, dull coloured dragonflies. They are found from India through Asia, Australia and the Pacific.

Austrolestes is a genus of medium to large-sized damselflies in the family Lestidae.

Austrolestes colensonis

species of New Zealand damselfly

Austrolestes analis

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Great Spreadwing

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Lestes praemorsus

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Austrolestes minjerriba

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Austrolestes io

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Sympecma gobica

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Austrolestes annulosus

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Austrolestes aleison

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Lestes dorothea

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Archilestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Lestidae, commonly known as stream spreadwings. The genus contains eight species found in the Americas, with the great spreadwing (A. grandis) and California spreadwing (A. californicus) being the most common and widespread.

Lestes dissimulans

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Archilestes exoletus

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Archilestes neblina

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Archilestes regalis

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Platylestes platystylus

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Austrolestes leda

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Austrolestes psyche

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Orolestes is a genus of stalk-winged damselflies in the family Lestidae. There are about seven described species in Orolestes.

Archilestes guayaraca

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Archilestes latialatus

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Archilestes californicus

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Austrolestes aridus

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Archilestes tuberalatus

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Platylestes is a genus of stalk-winged damselflies in the family Lestidae. There are at least five described species in Platylestes.

Chalcolestes is a small genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae. They are commonly known as willow spreadwings. They are similar to the spreadwings of the genus Lestes.