Chalcolestes
Genus of damselflies
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Chalcolestes is a small genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae. They are commonly known as willow spreadwings. They are similar to the spreadwings of the genus Lestes.
| Chalcolestes Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| C. viridis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Lestidae |
| Genus: | Chalcolestes Kennedy, 1920 |
The name Chalcolestes comes from Greek: χαλχοσ copper and ληστησ predator. [1]
Species
The genus contains only two species:[2]
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | .jpg) | Chalcolestes parvidens (Artobolevsky, 1929) | Eastern Willow Spreadwing[3] | eastern Mediterranean; on Cyprus, Corsica, Crete and Sicily |
_5.jpg) |  | Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825) | Willow Emerald Damselfly,[4] Western Willow Spreadwing[3] | Corsica, Sicily, Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, in the Maghreb in North Africa, Turkey and the Middle East |
A single fossil species, †Chalcolestes tibetensis Xia et al., 2022 is known from the Late Eocene of Tibet.[5]