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Platylestes is a genus of stalk-winged damselflies in the family Lestidae. There are at least five described species in Platylestes.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderOdonata
  5. FamilyLestidae

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Specimen records
2
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1
Family
Lestidae
Recorded in
Cambodia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Lestidae
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Platylestes platystylus male (cropped).jpg
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taxon name
Platylestes
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Platylestes
Commons category
Platylestes
taxon author citation
Selys, 1862
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Platylestes is a genus of stalk-winged damselflies in the family Lestidae. There are at least five described species in Platylestes.

==Species== These four species belong to the genus Platylestes: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Male!! Female !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- |||||Platylestes heterostylus Lieftinck, 1932 || ||Java |- |120px ||120px||Platylestes kirani || ||Kerala, South India. |- | ||||Platylestes pertinax Lieftinck, 1932 || ||Bengal and Myanmar |- |120px ||120px|| Platylestes platystylus (Rambur, 1842) || ||Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Kerala, South India. |- |}

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