Lestes patricia

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

Lestes patricia
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L. patricia
Binomial name
Lestes patricia
Fraser, 1924

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

  • List of odonates of India
  • List of odonata of Kerala

References

  1. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  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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