Lestes patricia

Lestes patricia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Lestes
Species: L. patricia
Binomial name
Lestes patricia
Fraser, 1924

Lestes patricia[1] is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae. It is native to Western Ghats in India.[2]

This species can be easily distinguished from other Indian Lestes species by the single mid-dorsal black band with straight borders.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  2. K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. p. 42. ISBN 9788181714954.
  3. C FC Lt. Fraser (1933). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 47–48.
  4. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India with Special Remarks on the Genera Macromia and Idionyx and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). Zoological Survey of India. Volumes (Records). p. 486.
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