Chlorolestes elegans

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Lestoidea (superfamilia) 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Superordo: Odonatoptera
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Zygoptera
Superfamilia: Lestoidea

Familia: Synlestidae
Subfamilia: Synlestinae
Genus: Chlorolestes
Species: Chlorolestes elegans

Name edit

Chlorolestes elegans Pinhey, 1950

Distribution edit

Southern Africa

  • Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Conservation status: Near Threatened (IUCN)

References edit

  • Pinhey E., 1950. New species of Odonata from Southern Africa. Ann.Transv. Mus. 21:262-272.

Vernacular names edit

English: Elegant malachite

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