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Platylestes
Sign in to savePlatylestes is a genus of stalk-winged damselflies in the family Lestidae. There are at least five described species in Platylestes.
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It is catalogued under the topic Lestidae.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Selys, 1862
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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.
==Species== These four species belong to the genus Platylestes: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Male!! Female !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- |||||Platylestes heterostylus Lieftinck, 1932 || ||Java |- |120px ||120px||Platylestes kirani || ||Kerala, South India. |- | ||||Platylestes pertinax Lieftinck, 1932 || ||Bengal and Myanmar |- |120px ||120px|| Platylestes platystylus (Rambur, 1842) || ||Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Kerala, South India. |- |}
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