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Argiolestes
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Argiolestes

Argiolestinae is a subfamily of damselflies. They belong to the flatwing damselfly family, Argiolestidae. Like their relatives but unlike damselflies of other families, they usually spread their hindwings horizontally when resting. It is the largest subfamily in Argiolestidae, making up almost three-quarters of the family's species, found primarily in Australia, New Guinea, and New Caledonia.

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species

Argiolestes alfurus

speciesArgiolestes alfurus

Argiolestes amphistylus

speciesArgiolestes amphistylus

Argiolestes celebensis

speciesArgiolestes celebensis

Argiolestes foja

speciesArgiolestes foja

Argiolestes macrostylis

speciesArgiolestes macrostylis

Argiolestes muller

speciesArgiolestes muller

Argiolestes obiensis

speciesArgiolestes obiensis

Argiolestes pallidistylus

speciesArgiolestes pallidistylus

Argiolestes roon

speciesArgiolestes roon

Argiolestes tuberculiferus

speciesArgiolestes tuberculiferus

Argiolestes zane

speciesArgiolestes zane

Argiolestes spungisi

speciesArgiolestes spungisi

Argiolestes varga

speciesArgiolestes varga

Argiolestes australis

speciesArgiolestes australis

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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 86617.