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| Lestes sponsa | |
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| Male Warren Heath, Hampshire, England | |
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| Female Coire Loch, Glen Affric, Scotland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Lestidae |
| Genus: | Lestes |
| Species: | L. sponsa
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| Binomial name | |
| Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823)
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Lestes sponsa is a damselfly with a wide Palaearctic distribution. It is known commonly as the emerald damselfly or common spreadwing.[2] Both males and females have a metallic green colour and brown wing spots. It resides near pools with aquatic plants.[3] When resting its wings are usually half opened.
- ^ Kalkman, V.J. (2014). "Lestes sponsa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T165475A19165578. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T165475A19165578.en. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ Dave Smallshire; Andy Swash (2020). Europe's Dragonflies: A Field Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies. Princeton University Press. pp. 19–20. ISBN 9780691168951.
- ^ Paul D. Brock (2021). Britain's Insects: A Field Guide to the Insects of Great Britain and Ireland. Princeton University Press, 13 Jul. p. 52. ISBN 9780691179278.