Austrolestes is a genus of medium to large-sized damselflies in the family Lestidae.[2]Austrolestes damselflies sit with their wings folded completely back.[1]
Males are usually bright blue and black, the females duller. Members of this genus are found in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific islands.
^ abTillyard, R.J. (1913). "On some new and rare Australian Agrionidae (Odonata)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 37 (1912): 404–479 [421]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22352 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^"Genus Austrolestes Tillyard, 1913". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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