Chalcolestes

Chalcolestes; Temporal range: Late Eocene to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	C. viridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Lestidae
Genus:	Chalcolestes; Kennedy, 1920

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Odonata

Suborder:Zygoptera

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.

The name Chalcolestes comes from Greek: χαλχοσ copper and ληστησ predator. ^[1]

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Male	Female	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
		Chalcolestes parvidens (Artobolevsky, 1929)	Eastern Willow Spreadwing^[3]	eastern Mediterranean; on Cyprus, Corsica, Crete and Sicily
		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

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Chalcolestes Temporal range: Late Eocene to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

C. viridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Lestidae
Genus:	Chalcolestes Kennedy, 1920