{"id":24958,"date":"2025-05-31T21:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T19:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/?page_id=24958"},"modified":"2025-05-31T21:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T19:14:08","slug":"chalcolestes-viridis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/chalcolestes-viridis\/","title":{"rendered":"Chalcolestes viridis (Van der Linden, 1825)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chalcolestes viridis, le Lestes vert, est sans doute le plus commun des Lestidae en France, certainement le plus observ\u00e9 et le plus photographi\u00e9, avec son cousin L. barbarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chalcolestes-viridis-male-accueil.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2502\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chalcolestes-viridis-male-accueil.webp\" alt=\"Chalcolestes viridis m\u00e2le, Donzacq (F-40), 27\/06\/2023\" class=\"wp-image-24988 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2502px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2502\/1504;width:611px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chalcolestes-viridis-male-accueil.webp 2502w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chalcolestes-viridis-male-accueil-768x462.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chalcolestes-viridis-male-accueil-1536x923.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chalcolestes-viridis-male-accueil-2048x1231.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2502px) 100vw, 2502px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chalcolestes viridis m\u00e2le, Donzacq (F-40), 27\/06\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Description &#8211; Identification<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Le m\u00e2le <\/strong>Chalcolestes viridis est vert m\u00e9tallique avec des reflets cuivr\u00e9s \u00e0 maturit\u00e9, il ne se couvre jamais de pruinosit\u00e9 comme les Lestes. Grand, il atteint 39 \u00e0 48 mm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/images\/lestes\/viridis\/viridisaccueil\/lestes-vridis-big.jpg\">sa face<\/a> est claire, avec le clypeus et le <a href=\"https:\/\/meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/divers\/glossaire.php\">labrum<\/a> bleu clair, les yeux sont gris, puis marron, il ne porte pas de tache postoculaire. Le thorax vert m\u00e9tallique, jaune dans ses parties inf\u00e9rieures, porte <strong>une pointe color\u00e9e<\/strong> du m\u00eame vert. Tous les segments abdominaux sont verts au-dessus, jaunes en dessous, les <strong>appendices anaux sup\u00e9rieurs (<\/strong>cerques*<strong>) sont clairs \u00e0 pointe sombre<\/strong>.<br>Les ailes sont p\u00e9doncul\u00e9es, hyalines, les <strong>pt\u00e9rostigmas sont longs et clairs<\/strong>.<br>Munis des trois crit\u00e8res figurant ci-dessus en gras, on ne peut le confondre avec aucun Lestes. Il est par contre presque indiscernable de C. parvidens, absent de France continentale, mais pr\u00e9sent en Corse, il faut alors examiner les appendices anaux.<br><strong>Les<\/strong> <strong>femelles<\/strong> sont identiques aux m\u00e2les \u00e0 la r\u00e9serve des pi\u00e8ces g\u00e9nitale, l&rsquo;ovipositeur est massif. Le risque de confusion en raison de la pointe thoracique et des pt\u00e9rostigmas clairs, est, comme pour les m\u00e2les, quasi nul au nord de l&rsquo;Italie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chalcolestes-viridis-femelle-accueil.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1985\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chalcolestes-viridis-femelle-accueil.webp\" alt=\"Chalcolestes viridis jeune femelle, le Fuilet (F-49), 01\/07\/2012\" class=\"wp-image-24991 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1985px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1985\/1504;width:532px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chalcolestes-viridis-femelle-accueil.webp 1985w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chalcolestes-viridis-femelle-accueil-768x582.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chalcolestes-viridis-femelle-accueil-1536x1164.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1985px) 100vw, 1985px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chalcolestes viridis jeune femelle, le Fuilet (F-49), 01\/07\/2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Habitat et distribution g\u00e9ographique<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Son habitat est conditionn\u00e9 \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sence de v\u00e9g\u00e9taux ligneux tendres dont les rameaux surplombent l&rsquo;eau puisque cette esp\u00e8ce a la particularit\u00e9 de pondre dans ces parties vivantes. On le trouve sur les mares, les \u00e9tangs, les canaux, les rivi\u00e8res lentes dont les rives sont bord\u00e9es d&rsquo;arbres.<br><br>En France, on le rencontre principalement en plaine (record d&rsquo;altitude 2310 m), mais il est pr\u00e9sent dans tous les d\u00e9partements.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-odonates.insectes.org\/odonates-de-france\/chalcolestes-viridis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atlas Dynamique des Odonates de France<\/a><br>En Europe, il est pr\u00e9sent du sud-est de l&rsquo;Angleterre, \u00e0 travers la France et l&rsquo;Espagne jusqu&rsquo;au Maghreb. Au nord, il atteint le sud du Danemark et la Lituanie, encore commun en Hongrie, ses populations deviennent tr\u00e8s diss\u00e9min\u00e9es en Bi\u00e9lorussie, Ukraine et Roumanie. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/165529\/42645306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IUCN Red List<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">P\u00e9riode de vol<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Chalcolestes viridis est typiquement un odonate de l&rsquo;\u00e9t\u00e9, il appara\u00eet fin mai, pour atteindre son pic d&rsquo;affluence en ao\u00fbt. Il est un des derniers odonates \u00e0 dispara\u00eetre \u00e0 la mauvaise saison, pr\u00e9sent encore en octobre, parfois novembre et si la saison est cl\u00e9mente, dans le sud, on le voit encore voler d\u00e9but d\u00e9cembre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Comportement \u2013 \u00c9cologie<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chalcolestes-vriidis-exuvie.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chalcolestes-vriidis-exuvie.webp\" alt=\"Chalcolestes vriidis exuvie, lac du Verdon (F-49), 06\/07\/2013\" class=\"wp-image-24992 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 764px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 764\/1504;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>On les trouve le plus souvent dans les arbustes de la berge, un peu \u00e0 l&rsquo;ombre, pendant presque verticalement ou \u00e0 45\u00b0, les ailes ouvertes.<br>\u00c0 certaines p\u00e9riodes de la journ\u00e9e, on voit les m\u00e2les et les femelles se c\u00f4toyer passivement dans les branchages, \u00e0 d&rsquo;autres les m\u00e2les sont territoriaux, chassent les autres de leur petit territoire et les femelles qui s&rsquo;y aventurent sont aussit\u00f4t captur\u00e9es.<br>L&rsquo;accouplement se d\u00e9roule souvent dans les arbustes o\u00f9 les sujets vont pondre.<br>En effet, durant la ponte qui se d\u00e9roule presque toujours en tandem, les femelles ins\u00e8rent leurs \u0153ufs (1,4 mm x 0,25 mm) sous l&rsquo;\u00e9corce des arbustes ou des arbres, jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 3 m de haut (1) ; si on cite fr\u00e9quemment les saules ou les aulnes comme substrat de ponte, la liste des v\u00e9g\u00e9taux qui peuvent \u00eatre choisis est tr\u00e8s longue (2). Dans Wildermuth, Gonseth &amp; Maibach, 2005 (3), on lit que 37 esp\u00e8ces de feuillus ont \u00e9t\u00e9 retrouv\u00e9s comme substrat de ponte. Les femelles pondent parfois seules dans la soir\u00e9e (4).<br>Les populations sont parfois localement tr\u00e8s abondantes et <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/images\/lestes\/viridis\/viridis_ponte3\/perforations-big.jpg\">les cicatrices de ponte tr\u00e8s spectaculaires<\/a> peuvent se compter par milliers sur un m\u00eame arbuste ; on lit m\u00eame que des d\u00e9g\u00e2ts ont parfois \u00e9t\u00e9 signal\u00e9s sur des arbres fruitiers (5). Ces cicatrices perdurent bien au-del\u00e0 de son temps d&rsquo;occupation par la larve.<br>La prolarve s&rsquo;extraira de son logement apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;hiver pour tomber directement dans l&rsquo;eau, ou se d\u00e9brouillera en se tortillant pour rejoindre l&rsquo;eau (6)&#8230; ou pas. La phase larvaire dure 3 mois et compte 9 \u00e0 13 stades (1). Cette larve est agile et capable de monter jusqu&rsquo;au moins 110 cm pour trouver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/lestidae\/viridis\/chalcolestes-viridis-emergence-femelle-1\/lestes-viridis-emergence-femelle-1big.jpg\">son lieu d&rsquo;\u00e9mergence<\/a> (6).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <\/span>Chalcolestes vriidis exuvie, lac du Verdon (F-49), 06\/07\/2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00c9tymologie<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chalcolestes<\/strong> ; du grec&nbsp;<em>khalkos<\/em>&nbsp;pour&nbsp;<em>cuivre<\/em>, en raison de la couleur des sujets matures, et de lestes. Le genre Lestes a \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9 par Leach (1815) et vient du mot grec \u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3 qui signifie voleur ou pirate, tr\u00e8s vraisemblablement en raison de la forme des appendices anaux qui \u00e9voque le coutelas courb\u00e9 et dentel\u00e9 des pirates.Chalcolestes signifie donc que nous avons affaire \u00e0 un Lestes cuivr\u00e9.<br><strong>Viridis<\/strong>, du latin &#8211; viridis &#8211; pour verdoyant ou vert, en r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 la couleur dominante de l&rsquo;insecte. On note que nos inventeurs ont finalement donn\u00e9 exactement le m\u00eame nom scientifique, m\u00eame si les termes changent, \u00e0 ces Lestes viridis et virens. Heureusement, notre Lestes viridis est devenu Chalcolestes !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le changement de Lestes vers Chalcolestes a \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s lentement accept\u00e9 par la communaut\u00e9 odonatologique puisque c&rsquo;est en 1920 que Kennedy a cr\u00e9\u00e9 ce nouveau genre, observant qu&rsquo;il \u00ab\u00a0diff\u00e8re des Lestes par le fait que le segment haut de l&rsquo;arculus est \u00e9gal au segment bas et qu&rsquo;il manque au p\u00e9nis le pli interne\u00a0\u00bb (7).<br>On savait aussi que la forme du masque (prementum) \u00e9tait diff\u00e9rente, plut\u00f4t large \u00e0 sa base, plut\u00f4t \u00e9troit \u00e0 sa base pour les Lestes.<br>D&rsquo;autres diff\u00e9rences de comportement, en particulier le fait qu&rsquo;il ponde dans les bois vivants comme C. parvidens, laissaient planer un doute sur l&rsquo;appartenance de ces deux esp\u00e8ces au genre Lestes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pourtant (8) dans de tr\u00e8s nombreux guides de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence (Askew, 1988; d\u2019Aguilar, Dommanget, &amp; Pr\u00e9chac, 1986; Wildermuth, Gonseth &amp; Maibach, 2005 ; Dijkstra &amp; Lewington, 2006), c&rsquo;est Lestes qui restait employ\u00e9, et celui r\u00e9dig\u00e9 par Dijkstra et Lewington en 2006 (9), dont la version fran\u00e7aise \u00ab\u00a0Libellules de France et d&rsquo;Europe\u00a0\u00bb a \u00e9t\u00e9 un bestseller, a certainement contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la poursuite de ce qui est bien consid\u00e9r\u00e9 maintenant comme une erreur. Dans cet ouvrage, les auteurs notent tout de m\u00eame que Lestes viridis et Lestes parvidens sont parfois plac\u00e9s parmi un nouveau genre, les Chalcolestes. La derni\u00e8re version (2020) de cet ouvrage prend en compte ce changement de nom de genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/lestidae\/viridis\/lestes-viridis-emergence-1.php\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\u00c9mergence m\u00e2le<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/lestidae\/viridis\/viridis_male1.php\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">M\u00e2le<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/lestidae\/viridis\/lestes-viridis-emergence-femelle-1.php\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\u00c9mergence femelle<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/lestidae\/viridis\/viridis_femelle1.php\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Femelle<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/lestidae\/viridis\/lestes-viridis-prise-male-1.php\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Prise du m\u00e2le<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/lestidae\/viridis\/lestes-viridis-accouplement-1.php\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Accouplement<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/lestidae\/viridis\/viridis_ponte1.php\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Ponte<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2022\/02\/09\/chalcolestes-viridis-un-repas-peu-commun\/\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Pr\u00e9dation<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/lestidae\/viridis\/lestes-viridis-curiosite-1.php\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Curiosit\u00e9<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/coenagrionidae\/ischnura\/ischnura-elegans\/ischnura-elegans-trio.php\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Trio h\u00e9t\u00e9rosp\u00e9cifique<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2022\/02\/08\/chalcolestes-viridis-galerie\/\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Galerie<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/lestidae\/appendices-des-lestes\/appendices-des-lestes.php\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Les appendices des Lestidae<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:57px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:13px\">1- Daniel Grand et Jean-Pierre Boudot, Les Libellules de France, Belgique et Luxembourg, collection Parth\u00e9nope, 2006<br>2- Matushkina N. &amp; Gorb S., 2003 &#8211; A check-list of substrates for endophytic oviposition of some European dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata)- The Kharkov Entomological Society Gazette 2002 (2003), volume X, issue 1\u20132<br>3- Wildermuth, Gonseth &amp; Maibach, 2005 &#8211; Odonata : les Libellules de Suisse &#8211; Fauna Helvetica 11 &#8211; P. 108<br>4- G. Jurzitza, 1993 &#8211; Libellules d&rsquo;Europe &#8211; Europe Centrale et L\u00e9ridionale &#8211; Delacahaux et Niestl\u00e9<br>5- J. d\u2019Aguilar, J-L Dommanget, R. Prechac \u2013 Guide des Libellules d\u2019Europe et d\u2019Afrique du Nord \u2013 Delachaux &amp; Niestl\u00e9, 1985.<br>6- Paul Andr\u00e9 Robert, Les Libellules, Delachaux et Niestl\u00e9, 1958<br>7- Kennedy, C.H.,1920 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kb.osu.edu\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/35fbe3b9-1917-5392-b02d-bd539e3a31f7\/content\">FORTY-TWO HITHERTO UNRECOGNIZED GENERA AND SUBGENERA OF ZYGOPTERA<\/a>. The Ohio Journal of Science &#8211; Vol. XXI, No. 2, Dec 1920<br>8- Vajda, C., Szab\u00f3, L. J., Cserh\u00e1ti, C. &amp; D\u00e9vai, G. (2018).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/651af1683ba5380699d55bf2\/t\/65956e3f94f0ee468157518d\/1704291907852\/IJO_21%283-4%29_p241-259_Analysing_the_European_genera_of_the_family_Lestidae.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Analysing the European genera of family Lestidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) with special emphasis on the status of Chalcolestes based on the morphological characteristics of male adults<\/a>. International Journal of Odonatology, 21, 241\u2013259. P. 2<br>9- Guide des Libellules de France et d\u2019Europe, K. -D.B. Dijkstra &amp; R. Lewington, Delachaux et Niestl\u00e9, 2007<br><br><br>* Piney B. &amp; Krieg-Jacquier, 2024 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/martinia.insectes.org\/nomenclature-francaise-des-appendices-anaux-des-imagos-et-larves-dodonates-pour-labandon-du-terme-cercoides\/\">Nomenclature fran\u00e7aise des appendices anaux des imagos et larves d\u2019odonates : pour l\u2019abandon du terme \u00ab cerco\u00efdes \u00bb<\/a> &#8211; Martinia 38(1): 1-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chalcolestes viridis, le Lestes vert, est sans doute le plus commun des Lestidae en France, certainement le plus observ\u00e9 et le plus photographi\u00e9, avec son cousin L. barbarus. Description &#8211; Identification Le m\u00e2le Chalcolestes viridis est vert m\u00e9tallique avec des reflets cuivr\u00e9s \u00e0 maturit\u00e9, il ne se couvre jamais de pruinosit\u00e9 comme les Lestes. 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