Mnesarete Explained

Mnesarete is a genus of damselflies in the family Calopterygidae.

There are about 27 species. All are limited to South America.^[1]

Species include:

• Mnesarete aenea
• Mnesarete astrape
• Mnesarete borchgravii
• Mnesarete cupraea
• Mnesarete devillei
• Mnesarete drepane
• Mnesarete ephippium
• Mnesarete fulgida
• Mnesarete fuscibasis
• Mnesarete grisea
• Mnesarete guttifera
• Mnesarete hauxwelli
• Mnesarete hyalina
• Mnesarete lencionii
• Mnesarete loutoni
• Mnesarete machadoi
• Mnesarete marginata
• Mnesarete mariana
• Mnesarete metallica
• Mnesarete pruinosa
• Mnesarete pudica
• Mnesarete rhopalon
• Mnesarete smaragdina
• Mnesarete williamsoni

Notes and References

1. Guillermo-Ferreira, R., & Bispo, P. C. (2012). Description of the larva of Mnesarete pudica (Hagen in Selys, 1853) (Odonata: Calopterygidae) and notes on known genera of South American Calopterygidae larvae. Zootaxa, 77-81.