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Scalloped Spreadwing
Plate 1 of 6. Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India (CC BY-SA 4.0) · via Wikimedia

Scalloped Spreadwing

Lestes praemorsus

Lestes praemorsus is a damselfly species in the family Lestidae. It is commonly known as the scalloped spreadwing or sapphire-eyed spreadwing. It is very widely distributed from India to China and south to New Guinea.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 104447.