Chlorolestes

Life-forms

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

Familia: Synlestidae
Subfamilia: Synlestinae
Genus: Chlorolestes
Species: C. apricans – C. assegaii – C. conspicuus – C. draconicus – C. elegans – C. fasciatus – C. tessellatus – C. umbratus
Name

Chlorolestes Selys, 1862
Distribution

Southern Africa
References

Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1862. Synopsis des Agrionines, troisième légion: Podagrion. Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, (2) 14: 288-290. Reference page.

Chlorolestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Synlestidae. They are commonly known as Malachites.

The genus is endemic to southern Africa; furthermore, the range of only one species, Chlorolestes elegans, extends further north than north-eastern South Africa.[1]

The genus contains the following species:[2]

Chlorolestes apricans Wilmot, 1975 - Basking Malachite[3]
Chlorolestes conspicuus Hagen in Selys, 1862 - Conspicuous Malachite[3]
Chlorolestes draconicus Balinsky, 1956 - Drakensberg Malachite[3]
Chlorolestes elegans Pinhey, 1950 - Elegant Malachite[3]
Chlorolestes fasciatus Burmeister, 1839 - Mountain Malachite[3]
Chlorolestes tessellatus Burmeister, 1839 - Forest Malachite[3]
Chlorolestes umbratus Selys, 1862 - White Malachite[3]

References

Tarboton, W.R.; Tarboton, M. (2002). A fieldguide to the dragonflies of South Africa. ISBN 0620298871.
Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
Samways, Michael J. (2008). The Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN 978-954-642-330-6.