Lestoidea (superfamily)

This article is about the Odonata superfamily. For the damselfly genus, see Lestoidea.

Lestoidea is a superfamily of damselflies of the order Odonata.^[2][3] It includes four families:

• Hemiphlebiidae Kennedy, 1920
• Lestidae Calvert, 1901
• Perilestidae Kennedy, 1920
• Synlestidae Tillyard, 1917

Lestoidea
Indolestes peregrinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Superfamily:	Lestoidea Calvert, 1901[1]
Families
Hemiphlebiidae Kennedy, 1920 Lestidae Calvert, 1901 Perilestidae Kennedy, 1920 Synlestidae Tillyard, 1917

Note

It is important to distinguish the genus Lestoidea from superfamily Lestoidea. They have the same spelling, but the superfamily is based on the genus Lestes.

See also

• List of damselflies of the world