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Podolestes
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.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Blue-spotted Flatwing
speciesPodolestes orientalis
Podolestes coomansi
speciesPodolestes coomansi
Podolestes atomarius
speciesPodolestes atomarius
Podolestes harrissoni
speciesPodolestes harrissoni
Podolestes pandanus
speciesPodolestes pandanus
Podolestes chrysopus
speciesPodolestes chrysopus
Podolestes buwaldai
speciesPodolestes buwaldai
Podolestes furcifer
speciesPodolestes furcifer
Podolestes parvus
speciesPodolestes parvus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 91186.