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Rhipidolestidae
Rhipidolestidae is a family of damselflies in the superfamily Amphipterygoidea. Members of the family occur in eastern and southeastern Asia, where they inhabit forest streams and associated rainforest habitats. The family contains four genera and is characterised by long legs, dense wing venation and, in some species, striking dark markings on the wings.
4 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 30 known species
Rhipidolestes
genusRhipidolestes
Agriomorpha
genusAgriomorpha
Burmargiolestes
genusBurmargiolestes
Bornargiolestes
genusBornargiolestes
Where it lives
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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 1304667.