Perilestidae · Lablypedia

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These damselflies are short-winged and have very long, slender, color-banded abdomens. They live in dense forest habitat and rest with their abdomens hanging vertically.

Genera

The family Perilestidae include the following genera:

Perilestes Hagen in Selys, 1862
Perissolestes Kennedy, 1941
†Palaeoperilestes Zheng et al. 2016

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