Chalcolestes Explained

Chalcolestes is a small genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae. They are commonly known as Willow Spreadwings. They are similar to the Spreadwings of the genus Lestes.

The name Chalcolestes comes from Greek: χαλχοσ copper and ληστησ predator.^[1]

Species

The genus contains only two species:

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
		Chalcolestes parvidens	Eastern Willow Spreadwing^[2]	eastern Mediterranean; on Cyprus, Corsica, Crete and Sicily
		Chalcolestes viridis	Willow Emerald Damselfly,^[3] Western Willow Spreadwing	Corsica, Sicily, Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, in the Maghreb in North Africa, Turkey and the Middle East

Notes and References

1. Web site: Costantino D’Antonio and Francesca Vegliante. Derivatio nominis libellularum europæarum. 3 August 2010. Italian.
2. Web site: Checklist, English common names . DragonflyPix.com . 5 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110208001226/http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html . 8 February 2011 .
3. Web site: Checklist of UK Species. British Dragonfly Society. 5 August 2010.