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Austrolestes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Lestidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Odonate

Austrolestes Damselflies Austrolestes aridus

Similar
  
Blue ringtail, Metallic ringtail, Odonate, Austrolestes colensonis, Slender ringtail

Austrolestes is a genus of medium to large-sized damselflies in the family Lestidae. Males are usually bright blue and black, the females duller. Members of this genus are found in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific islands.

Austrolestes Search for quotAustrolestes ledaquot

The genus contains the following species:

  • Austrolestes aleison Watson & Moulds, 1979 - Western ringtail
  • Austrolestes analis (Rambur, 1842) - Slender ringtail
  • Austrolestes annulosus (Selys, 1862) - Blue ringtail
  • Austrolestes aridus (Tillyard, 1908) - Inland ringtail
  • Austrolestes cingulatus (Burmeister, 1839) - Metallic ringtail
  • Austrolestes colensonis (White, 1846) - Blue damselfly, kekewai
  • Austrolestes insularis Tillyard, 1913 - Northern ringtail
  • Austrolestes io (Selys, 1862) - Iota ringtail
  • Austrolestes leda (Selys, 1862) - Wandering ringtail
  • Austrolestes minjerriba Watson, 1979 - Dune ringtail
  • Austrolestes psyche (Hagen in Selys, 1862) - Cup ringtail

    • Austrolestes Grampians Bugs
    Austrolestes There Be Dragonflies Austrolestes leda WANDERING RINGTAIL

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    Austrolestes There Be Dragonflies Austrolestes leda WANDERING RINGTAIL

    Austrolestes FileAustrolestes cingulatusjpg Wikimedia Commons

    Austrolestes There Be Dragonflies Austrolestes psyche CUP RINGTAIL

    Austrolestes Damselflies Austrolestes psyche

    References

    Austrolestes Wikipedia
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