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Chlorolestes

Chlorolestes
Mountain Malachite Chlorolestes fasciatus 2012 04 21.jpg
Male Chlorolestes fasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Synlestidae
Genus: Chlorolestes
Selys, 1862

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.

The genus contains the following species:


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