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