Austrolestes leda (Selys, 1862) is a animal in the Lestidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Austrolestes leda (Selys, 1862)

Austrolestes leda (Selys, 1862)

Austrolestes leda, the wandering ringtail, is a medium to large Australian lestid damselfly found across eastern Australia.

Family
Genus
Austrolestes
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Austrolestes leda (Selys, 1862)

Austrolestes leda is an Australian damselfly species belonging to the family Lestidae. It is commonly known by the common name wandering ringtail. This species is distributed across eastern Australia, and it lives in slow-moving and still bodies of water. Austrolestes leda is a medium-sized to large damselfly; male individuals of this species are light blue and black in color.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Lestidae Austrolestes

More from Lestidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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