Austrolestes io (Selys, 1862) is a animal in the Lestidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Austrolestes io (Selys, 1862)

Austrolestes io (Selys, 1862)

Austrolestes io, the iota ringtail, is a medium-large Australian Lestidae damselfly found in southern Australia, with light blue and brown males.

Family
Genus
Austrolestes
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Austrolestes io (Selys, 1862)

Austrolestes io (Selys, 1862) is an Australian species of damselfly in the family Lestidae. Its common name is the iota ringtail. This species has been recorded in both south-western Australia and south-eastern Australia, where it lives in pools, lakes, and ponds. Austrolestes io is a medium-sized to large damselfly; males are light blue and brown.

Photo: (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Reiner Richter · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Lestidae Austrolestes

More from Lestidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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