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{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Lestes nodalis 05311.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| image2 = Lestes nodalis 08243.jpg
| image2_caption = Female
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author1=Dow, R.A.| title = ''Lestes nodalis'' | volume= 2010| page = e.T180100A7642299| year = 2010}}</ref>
| taxon = Lestes nodalis
| authority = [[Edmond de Sélys Longchamps|Selys]], 1891
| synonyms =
}}
[[File:Lestes nodalis male ,Wandering Spreadwing.jpg|thumb|Lestes nodalis male ,Wandering Spreadwing,Koottanad, Palakkad]]

'''''Lestes nodalis'''''<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> is a species of [[damselfly]] in the family [[Lestidae]], the spreadwings.<ref name=iucn/>

==Distribution==
It is native to [[India]], [[Thailand]] and [[China]].<ref name=iucn/>

According to [[Frederic Charles Fraser|Fraser]] (1933), the distribution in [[India]] is limited to [[Northeast India]], mainly in [[Assam]].<ref name=Fraser/> Later Mitra (2010) recorded it from [[Odisha]], [[Bihar]] and [[Manipur]].<ref name=iucn/> Ashish Tiple (2014) recorded it from [[Maharastra]].<ref name=academia>{{cite web
|url=https://www.academia.edu/23507927|title=New Record of Damselfly Lestes nodalis Selys (Odonata: Lestidae) from Central India|publisher=[[academia]]|accessdate=2017-03-09}}</ref> In 2011, K.G. Emiliyamma and Muhamed Jafer Palot found both a male and female at [[Narayamkulam]], [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]] in [[Kerala]].<ref name=Emili>{{cite journal | authors =K.G. Emiliyamma & Muhamed Jafer Palot | title = Range extension of Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestidae) in southern India. | journal = Journal of Threatened Taxa | volume= 8 | issue= 2| pages = 8528–8530| year = 2016| url=http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2573/3565| doi=10.11609/jott.2573.8.2.8528-8530 | accessdate =2017-03-09| doi-access =free}}</ref> This conforms the range of distribution of this species extends to [[South India]] too.<ref name=atlas>{{cite book |last1=K.A. |first1=Subramanian |last2=K.G. |first2=Emiliyamma |last3=R. |first3=Babu |last4=C. |first4=Radhakrishnan |last5=S.S. |first5=Talmale |title=Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India |date=2018 |publisher=Zoological Survey of India |isbn=9788181714954|pages=40–41}}</ref>

==Description and habitat==
It is a medium sized damselfly with brown eyes. Its thorax is brown on dorsum and paler on lateral sides. Wings are transparent with bi-colored [[pterostigma]], blackish-brown at centre and yellow along the sides. Its abdomen is brown with black apical annules up to segment 6. Segment 7 and 8 are dark brown. Segment 9, 10 and anal appendages are pale; bluish when aged. The pale colors on the thorax and abdomen are also get bluish due to [[pruinescence]] when aged. Female is similar to the male. Its dull colours may render it very inconspicuous, so that it can be easily overlooked. The bi-colored pterostigma and the broad right-angled anal appendages easily help to distinguish it from other species.<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/n64 51]-53|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1}}</ref><ref name=ias>{{cite book|last=Subramanian|first=K. A.|title=Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide|year=2005|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/Overview/Dragonflies}}</ref><ref name=ibp>{{cite web
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227568|title=Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|accessdate=2017-03-09}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/215/Lestes-nodalis|title=Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|accessdate=2017-03-09}}</ref>

It breeds in shallow marshes and possibly well vegetated ponds.

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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikispecies-inline|Lestes nodalis}}

{{Commonscat-inline|Lestes nodalis}}

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[[Category:Lestes|N]]
[[Category:Odonata of Asia]]
[[Category:Insects of Southeast Asia]]
[[Category:Insects of China]]
[[Category:Insects of India]]
[[Category:Insects of Thailand]]
[[Category:Least concern biota of Asia]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1891]]

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