Lestes Leach, 1815
(emerald damselflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Lestes dryas
Scarce Emerald Damselfly
Species 2 ident. refs
Lestes sponsa
Emerald Damselfly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 10 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLestes (emerald damselflies)
FamilyLESTIDAE (emerald damselflies)
SuborderZYGOPTERA (damselflies)
OrderODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies)
InfraclassPalaeoptera (dragonflies, damselflies and mayflies)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Lestes (emerald damselflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lestes (emerald damselflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lestes (emerald damselflies)
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