Lestes plagiatus
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| Lestes plagiatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Lestidae |
| Genus: | Lestes |
| Species: | L. plagiatus |
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| Lestes plagiatus (Burmeister, 1839) | |
Lestes plagiatus is a species of damselfly in family Lestidae. It is also known as the common spreadwing.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs.
Male Common Spreadwing
References
- Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Lestes plagiatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 August 2007.
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