| Lestes dryas | |
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| Male (side view) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Lestidae |
| Genus: | Lestes |
| Species: | L. dryas
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| Binomial name | |
| Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890
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Lestes dryas is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. Its common names include emerald spreadwing, scarce emerald damselfly and robust spreadwing.[1] An alternate name in Ireland is the turlough spreadwing.[2]
This species is native to the Holarctic, especially northern parts of Eurasia and North America. It is relictual in North Africa.[1]
Lestes dryas can tolerate extreme conditions that few other dragonflies can survive.
- ^ a b c Boudot, J. 2014. Lestes dryas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 January 2016.
- ^ Brian Nelson, Robert Thompson (2004). The Natural History of Ireland's Dragonflies. Ulster Museum. ISBN 978-0-900761-45-4.