Lestes pallidus
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| Lestes pallidus | |
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| Male | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Lestidae |
| Genus: | Lestes |
| Species: | L. pallidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lestes pallidus Rambur, 1842 | |
Lestes pallidus is a species of damselfly in family Lestidae.
It is found in Botswana, Chad, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs.
References
- Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Lestes pallidus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 August 2007.
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