A new record of the Emerald Striped Spreadwing Lestes viridulus Rambur, 1842 (Zygoptera: Lestidae) from Nepal
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A study was carried out in the southern Terai of central Nepal. An odonatological survey was opportunistically conducted in the rice fields and their edges in September 2019. A Zygopteran species, Lestes viridulus is a new record for the country. The Agriocnemis femina and Ischnura nursei are recorded in new distribution ranges in Nepal.
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