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Rhipidolestes
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Rhipidolestes

Rhipidolestes is a genus of dragonflies in the family Megapodagrionidae. They are native to subtropical Asia from Burma to Japan.

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23 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 23 known species

Rhipidolestes aculeatus

speciesRhipidolestes aculeatus

Rhipidolestes nectans

speciesRhipidolestes nectans

Rhipidolestes truncatidens

speciesRhipidolestes truncatidens

Hong Kong Flatwing

speciesRhipidolestes janetae

Rhipidolestes shozoi

speciesRhipidolestes shozoi

Rhipidolestes okinawanus

speciesRhipidolestes okinawanus

Rhipidolestes yakusimensis

speciesRhipidolestes yakusimensis

Rhipidolestes hiraoi

speciesRhipidolestes hiraoi

Rhipidolestes amamiensis

speciesRhipidolestes amamiensis

Rhipidolestes owadai

speciesRhipidolestes owadai

Rhipidolestes jucundus

speciesRhipidolestes jucundus

Rhipidolestes cyanoflavus

speciesRhipidolestes cyanoflavus

Rhipidolestes bastiaani

speciesRhipidolestes bastiaani

Rhipidolestes asatoi

speciesRhipidolestes asatoi

Rhipidolestes chaoi

speciesRhipidolestes chaoi

Rhipidolestes fascia

speciesRhipidolestes fascia

Rhipidolestes pallidistigma

speciesRhipidolestes pallidistigma

Rhipidolestes laui

speciesRhipidolestes laui

Rhipidolestes lii

speciesRhipidolestes lii

Rhipidolestes yangbingi

speciesRhipidolestes yangbingi

Rhipidolestes rubripes

speciesRhipidolestes rubripes

Rhipidolestes alleni

speciesRhipidolestes alleni

Rhipidolestes malaisei

speciesRhipidolestes malaisei

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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 91734.