Pinhey, E.
Species
Least ConcernCommon Spreadwing
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOdonata
- FamilyLestidae
Observations9,909
Observations recorded203,835
アオイトトンボ（学名：Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823)）は、アオイトトンボ科アオイトトンボ属に分類されるトンボの1種。
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,584
- With media
- 927
- Family
- Lestidae
- Collections
- UIT, USNM
- Recorded in
- Norway, Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, Poland
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Encyclopedic overview
Lestes sponsa is a damselfly with a wide Palaearctic distribution. It is known commonly as the emerald damselfly or common spreadwing. Both males and females have a metallic green colour and brown wing spots. It resides near pools with aquatic plants. When resting its wings are usually half opened.
Behaviour
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lestes sponsa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.