| Austrolestes | |
|---|---|
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| Blue Ringtail (Austrolestes annulosus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Lestidae |
| Genus: | Austrolestes Tillyard, 1913[1] |
| Type species | |
| Austrolestes cingulatus | |
Austrolestes is a genus of medium to large-sized damselflies in the family Lestidae.[2] Austrolestes damselflies sit with their wings folded completely back.[1] Males are usually bright blue and black, the females duller. Members of this genus are found in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific islands.
- ^ a b Tillyard, R.J. (1913). "On some new and rare Australian Agrionidae (Odonata)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 37 (1912): 404–479 [421]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22352 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Genus Austrolestes Tillyard, 1913". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2017.