Archilestes

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: Lestidae
Subfamilia: Lestinae
Genus: Archilestes
Species: A. californicus – A. exoletus – A. grandis – A. guayaraca – A. latialatus – A. neblina – A. regalis – A. tuberalatus
Name

Archilestes Selys, 1862
References

Garrison, R.W., 1982: Archilestes neblina, a new damselfly from Costa Rica, with comments on the variability of A. latialatus Donnelly (Odonata: Lestidae). Occasional Papers of the University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology 702: 1–12.

Archilestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Lestidae. Like most members of Lestidae, Archliestes rest with their wings spread out. This genus has eight species, the great spreadwing and California Spreadwing are the most common and widespread.

The genus contains the following species:

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
		Archilestes californicus McLachlan, 1895	California Spreadwing[1]	Central America and North America
		Archilestes exoletus (Hagen in Selys, 1862)		South America
		Archilestes grandis (Rambur, 1942)	Great Spreadwing[1]	western and southern North America
		Archilestes guayaraca De Marmels, 1982		South America
		Archilestes latialatus Donnelly, 1981		Central America
		Archilestes neblina Garrison, 1982		Central America
		Archilestes regalis Gloyd, 1944		Central America
		Archilestes tuberalatus (Williamson, 1921)		Central America

Notes

"North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.

References
Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.