Chlorolestes

Chlorolestes
Male Chlorolestes fasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Synlestidae
Genus: Chlorolestes
Selys, 1862

Chlorolestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Synlestidae. They are commonly known as Malachites.

The genus is endemic to southern Africa; furthermore, the range of only one species, Chlorolestes elegans, extends further north than north-eastern South Africa.[1]

The genus contains the following species:[2]

References

  1. Tarboton, W.R.; Tarboton, M. (2002). A fieldguide to the dragonflies of South Africa. ISBN 0620298871.
  2. Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom, Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Samways, Michael J. (2008). The Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN 954-642-330-0.
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