Austrolestes leda
| Wandering ringtail | |
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| Male Austrolestes leda | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Lestidae |
| Genus: | Austrolestes |
| Species: | A. leda |
| Binomial name | |
| Austrolestes leda (Selys, 1862)[1] | |
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Austrolestes leda is an Australian species of damselfly in the family Lestidae,[2] commonly known as a wandering ringtail.[3] It is found across eastern Australia where it inhabits slow and still water.[4]
Austrolestes leda is a medium-sized to large damselfly, the male is light blue and black.[5]
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Male wings
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- ↑ Selys-Longchamps, E. (1862). "Synopsis des Agrionines, seconde légion: Lestes". Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique. 2 (in French). 13: 288-338 [331].
- ↑ "Species Austrolestes leda (Selys, 1862)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 36. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
- ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 205. ISBN 978 1 74232 475 3.
- ↑ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.
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