{"id":113575,"date":"2026-07-17T12:47:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=113575"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:17:44","slug":"lestes-paloti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lestes-paloti\/","title":{"rendered":"Lestes Paloti"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Lestes Paloti Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A team of odonatologists has discovered a new species of spreadwing damselfly, Lestes paloti, from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/western-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Western Ghats<\/a><\/strong> in Kerala.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Lestes Paloti<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a new species of <\/span><b>spreadwing damselfly <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">discovered in Kerala.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lestes paloti is the <\/span><b>first new species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> described in the <\/span><b>genus Lestes from India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since Lestes garoensis was described by Lahiri in 1987.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>inhabits scrub vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> around homesteads and on laterite hillocks, often away from open water bodies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Characteristics:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It <\/span><b>changes from brown<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the dry season to bluish during the monsoon.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What are Damselflies?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are a group <\/span><b>of predatory,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> aerial insects that are in <\/span><b>the order Odonata.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat of Damselflies:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Damselflies are found mainly near <\/span><b>shallow, freshwater habitats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are graceful fliers with slender bodies and long, filmy, net-veined wings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are generally <\/span><b>smaller, more delicate, and fly weakly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in comparison with dragonflies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spreadwing damselflies are easy to identify as they <\/span><b>hold their wings in a &#8220;V&#8221; shape<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over their abdomens.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/new-damselfly-species-discovered-in-keralas-western-ghats\/article71228979.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lestes Paloti  is a new species of spread wing damselfly discovered in Kerala. 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