Lestes dryas

Lestes dryas
Male (side view)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Lestes
Species:
L. dryas
Binomial name
Lestes dryas
Kirby, 1890

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.

  1. ^ a b c Boudot, J. 2014. Lestes dryas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 January 2016.
  2. ^ Brian Nelson, Robert Thompson (2004). The Natural History of Ireland's Dragonflies. Ulster Museum. ISBN 978-0-900761-45-4.