Lestes malabaricus
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| Lestes malabaricus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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Lestes malabarica Fraser, 1929 | |
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]
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]