Lestidae

family of damselflies
Taxon taxon Q509008
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Summary

Lestidae is a taxon[1]. Lestidae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (89 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lestidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lestidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Lestidae belongs to the parent taxon Lestoidea[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Lestidae is Lestidae[6].
  • Lestidae's Commons category is recorded as Lestidae[7].
  • Lestidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lestidae[8].
  • Lestidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'pantserjuffers'}[9].
  • Lestidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Pantserjuffers'}[10].
  • Lestidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'metallvannymfer'}[11].
  • Lestidae's this zoological name is coordinate with is recorded as Lestoidea[12].
  • Lestidae's taxon author citation is recorded as Calvert, 1901[13].

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Classification

Lestidae's scientific name is Lestidae[6]. Lestidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Lestidae belongs to the parent taxon Lestoidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'pantserjuffers'}[9] and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'metallvannymfer'}[11].

Identifiers

Lestidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47930[14]. Lestidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 126180[15]. Lestidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 966[16]. Lestidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4489[17]. Lestidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 102058[18].

Why It Matters

Lestidae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (89 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).[2] Lestidae has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Lestidae is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Butterfly Foundation dragonflies. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . iNaturalist. wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 32
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'be', 'ca', 'ceb', 'co', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fi',
    Insects (insecta) of the world id → 954612
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Insects (insecta) of the world id: 954612, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/289683|batch #289683]]"
  2. 4w ago · John Tann · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Lestoidea
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Parent taxon: Zygoptera"
  3. 6w ago · John Tann · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bhl page id → —
    Taxon range map image → Lestidae distribution map.svg
    Taxon author citation → Calvert, 1901
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon range map image: Lestidae distribution map.svg"
  4. 17w ago · John Tann · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → family of damselflies
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Instance of: taxon"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Lestoidea
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    This zoological name is coordinate with → Lestoidea
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007534886705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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