Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This common species has been recorded so far from Eastern Himalaya & NE India, Western Ghats, West Bengal & Kerala states within the Indian limits.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Dow, R.A. 2010. Lestes nodalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T180100A7642299. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T180100A7642299.en. Downloaded on 09 June 2021.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2025. Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891 – Wandering Spreadwing. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/lestes-nodalis, accessed 2025/10/31.