''Chlorolestes tessellatus'', the forest malachite or mosaic sylph is a species of
damselfly in the family
Synlestidae. It is
endemic to
South Africa.
This shade-loving species is found at seeps and
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
s in
forests and wooded valleys.
It is 47–57 mm long with a wingspan of 55–72 mm. Males and females are similar; the thorax and abdomen are metallic-green aging to coppery brown. The thorax has contrasting yellow antehumeral stripes; these are more broad than those of the similar
Mountain Malachite
''Chlorolestes fasciatus'', the mountain malachite or mountain sylph is a species of damselfly in the family Synlestidae. It is found in Lesotho, South Africa and Eswatini. Its natural habitat is montane
Montane ecosystems are found on the s ...
.
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''Chlorolestes tessellatus''o
African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online
Odonata of Africa
Insects of South Africa
Synlestidae
Insects described in 1839
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