Lestes Leach, 1815

Mendoza-Penagos, Cristian Camilo, Pérez-Gutiérrez, León A. & Muzón, Javier, 2024, A revision of Lestidae Calvert, 1901 (Odonata: Zygoptera) from Colombia, with the first record of Lestes dichrostigma Calvert, 1909, Zootaxa 5415 (2), pp. 201-240 : 220-223

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5415.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10692904
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scientific name	Lestes Leach, 1815
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Genus Lestes Leach, 1815 View in CoL

Figs. 16–18 View FIGURE 16 View FIGURE 17 View FIGURE 18 (species distribution).

Out of the 32 species of Lestes in the Neotropics, nine species occur in Colombia. Three species are common and widely distributed, mainly across the Andean and Caribbean regions: L. apollinaris , L. forficula , and L. tenuatus . As for the remaining species, L. curvatus , L. dichrostigma , L. jerrelli , and L. minutus are mainly distributed in the Orinoco region, and L. helix in the Amazon region.