Base of the evolutionary tree for Lestoidea

← parent

• Lestoidea (218 species)
  • spread-winged damselflies (Lestidae) → (158 species)
    • Lestes → (89 species)
      • virens species complex → (2 species)
        • Algerian spreadwing (Lestes numidicus)
        • Lestes virens s.l. Lac Des Oiseaux-green
      • Lestes malaisei
      • Lestes amicus
      • Rainpool Spreadwing (Lestes forficula)
      • Lestes pictus
      • Lestes falcifer
      • Lestes umbrina
      • Lestes undulatus
      • Lestes bipupillatus
      • Lestes angularis
      • Lestes basidens
      • Black Spreadwing (Lestes stultus)
      • Lestes scalaris
      • Lestes auritus
      • Small Emerald Damselfly (Lestes virens)
      • Sickle spreadwing (Lestes uncifer)
      • Lestes tricolor
      • Lestes nigriceps
      • Lestes debellardi
      • Emerald Spreadwing (Lestes elatus)
      • Plateau Spreadwing (Lestes alacer)
      • Lestes quercifolia
      • Lestes humphriesi
      • Lestes simplex
      • Pallid spreadwing (Lestes pallidus)
      • Lestes helix
      • Lestes japonicus
      • Lestes trichonus
      • Lestes belladonna
      • Lestes iris
      • Lestes urubamba
      • Lestes praecellens
      • Lestes auripennis
      • Swamp Spreadwing (Lestes vigilax)
      • Chalky Spreadwing (Lestes sigma)
      • Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus)
      • Lestes temporalis
      • Lestes jerrelli
      • Dark Emerald Damselfly (Lestes macrostigma)
      • Lestes alfonsoi
      • Southern Spreadwing (Lestes australis)
      • Lestes dorothea
      • Elegant Spreadwing (Lestes inaequalis)
      • Lestes rothschildi
      • Lestes pertinax
      • Virginal spreadwing (Lestes virgatus)
      • Lestes patricia
      • Lestes silvaticus
      • Lestes pruinescens
      • Lestes malabaricus
      • Lestes tikalus
      • Lestes spatula
      • Carolina Spreadwing (Lestes vidua)
      • Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener)
      • Stream spreadwing (Lestes plagiatus)
      • Blue-striped Spreadwing (Lestes tenuatus)
      • Common Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa)
      • Lestes boninensis
      • Lestes praevius
      • Yellow spreadwing (Lestes ictericus)
      • Turlough Spreadwing (Lestes dryas)
      • Lestes paulistus
      • Shy emerald damselfly (Lestes barbarus)
      • Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus)
      • Lestes curvatus
      • Lestes minutus
      • Antillean Spreadwing (Lestes spumarius)
      • Ochre spreadwing (Lestes ochraceus)
      • Lestes nodalis
      • Lestes praemorsus
      • Lestes fernandoi
      • Lestes thoracica
      • Lestes secula
      • Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)
      • Lestes garoensis
      • Pinhey's spreadwing (Lestes pinheyi)
      • Lestes dichrostigma
      • Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes tridens)
      • Lestes concinnus
      • Lestes henshawi
      • Cryptic spreadwing (Lestes dissimulans)
      • Sweetflag Spreadwing (Lestes forcipatus)
      • Lestes quadristriatus
      • Lestes simulatrix
      • Northern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus)
      • Lestes jurzitzai
      • Lestes viridulus
      • Lestes apollinaris
    • Platylestes → (2 species)
      • Platylestes platystyla
      • Platylestes heterostylus
    • Austrolestes → (13 species)
      • blue damselfly (Austrolestes colensonis)
      • Austrolestes analis
      • Austrolestes cheesmanae
      • Austrolestes aleison
      • Austrolestes annulosus
      • Austrolestes leda
      • Dune ringtail (Austrolestes minjerriba)
      • Austrolestes insularis
      • Austrolestes io
      • Austrolestes aridus
      • Austrolestes vitiensis
      • Austrolestes cingulatus
      • Austrolestes psyche
    • Sympecma → (4 species)
      • Common Winter Damsel (Sympecma fusca)
      • Sympecma annulata
      • Sympecma gobica
      • Siberian Winter Damselfly (Sympecma paedisca)
    • Indolestes → (33 species)
      • Indolestes indicus
      • Indolestes inflatus
      • Indolestes lygisticercus
      • Indolestes tenuissimus
      • Indolestes luxatus
      • Indolestes peregrinus
      • Indolestes davenporti
      • Indolestes extraneus
      • Indolestes boninensis
      • Indolestes lundqvisti
      • Indolestes albicaudus
      • Indolestes bilineatus
      • Indolestes gracilis
      • Indolestes linsleyi
      • Indolestes aruanus
      • Indolestes cyaneus
      • Indolestes anomalus
      • Indolestes divisus
      • Indolestes goniocercus
      • Indolestes bellax
      • Indolestes guizhouensis
      • Small reedling (Indolestes alleni)
      • Indolestes dajakanus
      • Indolestes alfurus
      • Indolestes pulcherrimus
      • Indolestes coerulea
      • Indolestes sutteri
      • Indolestes birmanus
      • Indolestes floresianus
      • Indolestes vitiensis
      • Indolestes assamicus
      • Indolestes obiri
      • Indolestes risi
    • Orolestes → (6 species)
      • Orolestes selysi
      • Orolestes durga
      • Orolestes ridleyi
      • Orolestes excelsus
      • Orolestes octomaculatus
      • Orolestes wallacei
    • Archilestes → (8 species)
      • Archilestes regalis
      • California Spreadwing (Archilestes californicus)
      • Archilestes neblina
      • Archilestes tuberalatus
      • Archilestes latialatus
      • Archilestes guayaraca
      • Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis)
      • Archilestes exoletus
    • Chalcolestes → (2 species)
      • Eastern Willow Spreadwing (Chalcolestes parvidens)
      • Willow Emerald Damselfly (Chalcolestes viridis)
    • Emerald sri lanka spreadwing (Sinhalestes orientalis)
  • Malachites (Synlestidae) → (41 species)
    • Megalestes → (19 species)
      • Megalestes omeiensis
      • Megalestes gyalsey
      • Megalestes major
      • Megalestes suensoni
      • Megalestes chengi
      • Megalestes anglicus
      • Megalestes raychoudhurii
      • Megalestes haui
      • Megalestes distans
      • Megalestes maai
      • Megalestes irma
      • Megalestes micans
      • Megalestes tuska
      • Megalestes heros
      • Megalestes lieftincki
      • Megalestes riccii
      • Megalestes palaceus
      • Megalestes kurahashii
      • Megalestes discus
    • Sinolestes → (2 species)
      • Sinolestes ornatus
      • Sinolestes editus
    • Chlorolestes → (8 species)
      • Basking malachite (Chlorolestes apricans)
      • White malachite (Chlorolestes umbratus)
      • Chlorolestes longicaudus
      • Elegant malachite (Chlorolestes elegans)
      • Forest malachite (Chlorolestes tessellatus)
      • Mountain malachite (Chlorolestes fasciatus)
      • Conspicuous malachite (Chlorolestes conspicuus)
      • Drakensberg malachite (Chlorolestes draconicus)
    • Episynlestes → (4 species)
      • Episynlestes intermedius
      • Southern Whitetip Dragonfly (Episynlestes albicauda)
      • Episynlestes cristatus
      • Episynlestes kingii
    • Synlestes → (3 species)
      • Synlestes selysi
      • Synlestes weyersii
      • Synlestes tropicus
    • Ecchlorolestes → (2 species)
      • Marbled malachite (Ecchlorolestes peringueyi)
      • Queen malachite (Ecchlorolestes nylephtha)
    • Chorismagrion risi
    • African twigtail (Nubiolestes diotima)
    • Hispaniolan malachite (Phylolestes ethelae)
  • Perilestidae → (18 species)
    • Perissolestes → (11 species)
      • Perissolestes aculeatus
      • Perissolestes klugi
      • Perissolestes remus
      • Perissolestes castor
      • Perissolestes romulus
      • Perissolestes guianensis
      • Perissolestes magdalenae
      • Perissolestes paprzyckii
      • Perissolestes cornutus
      • Perissolestes remotus
      • Perissolestes flinti
    • Perilestes → (7 species)
      • Perilestes minor
      • Perilestes kahli
      • Perilestes bispinus
      • Perilestes gracillimus
      • Perilestes solutus
      • Perilestes fragilis
      • Attenuate twigtail (Perilestes attenuatus)
  • Ancient greenling (Hemiphlebia mirabilis)

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