FAMILY LESTIDAE

While most damselflies rest with their wings folded together, most members of the family Lestidae hold them at an angle away
from their bodies. The pterostigma (a single dark spot in the meshwork of the leading edge near the tip of each wing) is noticeably elongated.
The quadrilateral (a part of the wing venation, close to the body) has an acute angle at the end. The body has a greenish
metallic shine. The superior anal appendages, commonly called claspers (body parts of male insect for clasping the female
during copulation) of male spreadwings are long and strongly curved. (Wikipedia)

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