Vestalis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Calopterygoidea
Familia: Calopterygidae
Subfamilia: Calopteryginae
Genus: Vestalis
Species: V. amabilis – V. amaryllis – V. amethystina – V. amnicola – V. amoena – V. anacolosa – V. anne – V. apicalis – V. atropha – V. beryllae – V. gracilis – V. luctuosa – V. lugens – V. melania – V. yunosukei
Name

Vestalis Selys, 1853
References

Paulson, D. 2014. List of Odonata of the World. Revised 1 December 2014. University of Puget Sound. Online. Reference page.

Vestalis is a genus of damselflies belonging to the family Calopterygidae.

The genus contains the following species:[1][2]

Vestalis amabilis Lieftinck, 1965
Vestalis amaryllis Lieftinck, 1965
Vestalis amethystina Lieftinck, 1965 – Forest Damselfly
Vestalis amnicola Lieftinck, 1965
Vestalis amoena Selys, 1853 – Metallic Green Demoiselle, Charming Flashwing
Vestalis anacolosa Lieftinck, 1965
Vestalis anne Hämäläinen, 1985
Vestalis apicalis Selys, 1873
Vestalis atropha Lieftinck, 1965
Vestalis beryllae Laidlaw, 1915
Vestalis gracilis (Rambur, 1842) – Clear-winged Forest Glory
Vestalis luctuosa (Burmeister, 1839)
Vestalis lugens Albarda in Selys, 1879
Vestalis melania Selys, 1873
Vestalis submontana Fraser, 1934
Vestalis yunosukei Asahina, 1990

References

Subramanian, K.A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of India-A field guide. Bangalore: School of Ecological Studies, Indian Institute of Science & Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.