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{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Dusky spreadwing
| image = Lestes concinnus damselfly (31576906274).jpg
| image_caption = Female, Thailand
| image2 = Lestes concinnus male (26987762254).jpg
| image2_caption = Male, Thailand
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="IUCN Dow 2017">{{cite iucn | author = Dow, R.A. |title = ''Lestes concinnus'' | volume = 2017 | page = e.T158656A83379420 | date = 2017 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T158656A83379420.en }}</ref>
| taxon = Lestes concinnus
| authority = [[Hermann August Hagen|Hagen]], 1862<ref name="Selys 1862">{{Cite journal|last=Selys-Longchamps|first=E.|date=1862|title=Synopsis des Agrionines, seconde légion: ''Lestes''|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36917018|journal=Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Académie Royale de Belgique|series=2|language=French|volume=13|pages=288–338 [321]}}</ref>
| range_map = Lestes concinnus distribution map.svg
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="Dumont 2017"/>
| synonyms =
*{{small|''Lestes paludosus'' Tillyard, 1906}}
*{{small|''Lestes umbrinus'' Sélys, 1891}}
*{{small|''Lestes thoracicus'' Laidlaw, 1920}}
}}

'''''Lestes concinnus''''' is a species of [[damselfly]] in the family [[Lestidae]],<ref name="AFD">{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Lestes_concinnus |title=Species ''Lestes concinnus'' Hagen, 1862|last=|first=|date=2012|website=[[Australian Faunal Directory]]|publisher=[[Australian Biological Resources Study]]|access-date=10 April 2017}}</ref>
the spreadwings. They are so named because they rest with their wings spread. This species is known commonly as the '''dusky spreadwing'''.<ref name=field/> It is a nomadic damselfly found in [[India]], [[Southeast Asia]] as far as [[New Caledonia]], and northern parts of Australia.<ref name=field>{{cite book |title=The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia |last1=Theischinger |first1=G |last2=Hawking |first2=J |year=2006 |publisher=CSIRO Publishing |location=Collingwood Vic. |isbn=978-0-64309-073-6 |page=30}}</ref>

The adult is a medium-sized damselfly about 40 millimeters long with a wingspan around 45 millimeters. It is dusky-grey on dorsal surfaces graduating to light bluish-green on the sides and beneath. In Australia, the distribution is in suitable habitat in the north-west and north-eastern part of the continent from about [[Broome, Western Australia|Broome]] to the south-eastern Queensland border.<ref name=field/>

This species can be found in freshwater habitat types such as river lagoons, ponds, and swamps. Its population size is unknown but it has a wide range. Threats to the species have not been assessed. It is listed as a [[least-concern species]] on the [[IUCN Red List]].<ref name="IUCN Dow 2017"/>

==Taxonomy==
''Lestes concinnus'' was described in 1862 jointly by [[Hermann August Hagen|Hagen]] and [[Edmond de Sélys Longchamps|Sélys]]. Sélys described a new species, ''Lestes umbrina'' in 1891 from the specimens he purchased that are collected by [[Edwin Felix Thomas Atkinson|Atkinson]]. [[Frank Fortescue Laidlaw|Laidlaw]] and [[Frederic Charles Fraser|Fraser]] considered that this can be a synonym of ''L. concinna''.<ref name=Fraser>{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|authorlink=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1933|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1/page/n66 53]-55|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1}}</ref> M.A. Lieftinck (1934) synonymised these two species and after that these two species were considered synonyms until 1960; he himself restored the status of these as two different species.<ref name="Lieftinck">{{cite journal |last1=Lieftinck |first1=M.A. |title=On the identity of some little known southeast Asiatic Odonata in European museums described by E. De. Selys Longchamps, with descriptions of new species |journal=Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Italy |date=1960 |volume=38 |pages=229–256}}</ref> Laidlaw also described another species, ''Lestes thoracicus''. Dumont et al. compared the specimens of these three species and concluded that they are synonyms as no structural differences were found among the color forms, varying from pale sand-coloured to greenish-blue.<ref name="Dumont 2017">{{cite journal |last1=Dumont |first1=Henri J. |last2=Ikemeyer |first2=Dietmar |last3=Schneider |first3=Thomas |title=Lestes concinnus and L. pallidus; two non-metallic species with wide complementary ranges (Odonata: Lestidae) |journal=Odonatologica |date=2017 |volume=46 |pages=99–110 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318723431 |accessdate=8 September 2020}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="250" heights="200" >
Lestes concinnus 282.jpg | Female, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Lestes concinnus damselfly (32269281322).jpg | Female, Thailand
A male Dusky Spreadwing damselfly.jpg| Male showing blue abdomen
Lestes concinnus head.jpg | Head
Lestes concinnus 0312.svg|Wing vein diagram right forewing
Lestes concinnus female wings (34696162251).jpg | Photo of female wings
Lestes concinnus male wings (34696167371).jpg | Photo of male wings
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[List of odonates of India]]
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]

==References==
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[[Category:Lestidae]]
[[Category:Lestes|C]]
[[Category:Odonata of Asia]]
[[Category:Odonata of Oceania]]
[[Category:Odonata of Australia]]
[[Category:Insects of Australia]]
[[Category:Insects of Southeast Asia]]
[[Category:Insects of India]]
[[Category:Insects of Indonesia]]
[[Category:Insects of New Caledonia]]
[[Category:Least concern biota of Asia]]
[[Category:Least concern biota of Oceania]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Hermann August Hagen]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1862]]
[[Category:Damselflies]]

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