Lestes praemorsus Hagen in Selys, 1862 - Scalloped Spreadwing

Conservation and Special status

Picture     IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

This common species has been recorded so far from Eastern Himalaya & NE India, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Western Ghats within the Indian limits.

This is a common species.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam2
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka311
Kerala121634
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh6
Maharashtra12231
Manipur1
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland112
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal111
Total1421248692

Dow, R.A. & Sharma, G. 2020. Lestes praemorsusThe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T167485A138285039. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T167485A138285039.en. Downloaded on 09 June 2021.

Page citation

Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2025. Lestes praemorsus Hagen in Selys, 1862 – Scalloped Spreadwing. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/lestes-praemorsus, accessed 2025/11/13.