Lestes malabaricus[1] is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae. It is native to Sri Lanka, southern India and the Andaman Islands.[2][3][4]

Lestes malabaricus
Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Lestes
Species:
L. malabaricus
Binomial name
Lestes malabaricus
Fraser, 1929
Synonyms

Lestes malabarica Fraser, 1929

It looks very similar to Lestes elatus and can only be distinguished by the shape of the superior and inferior anal appendages, and by the absence of the ventro-lateral black spot on the thorax.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  2. ^ K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 38–39. ISBN 9788181714954.
  3. ^ a b C FC Lt. Fraser (1933). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 40–43.
  4. ^ Fraser, F. C. (1929). "Indian dragonflies. Part XXXIV". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 34: 847–848.
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