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title: "Common Spreadwing"
description: "Lestes sponsa — Insetos e aranhas. Lestes sponsa is a damselfly with a wide Palaearctic distribution."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-spreadwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Spreadwing

> Lestes sponsa — Insetos e aranhas. Lestes sponsa is a damselfly with a wide Palaearctic distribution.

- Scientific name: *Lestes sponsa*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 12081
- Wikidata: [Q635430](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q635430)
- iNaturalist taxon: [130408](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130408)

## Names

- en: Common Spreadwing
- de: Gemeine Binsenjungfer
- es: Lestes norteño
- fr: Leste fiancé
- nl: Gewone pantserjuffer
- pl: Pałątka pospolita

## Countries with the most observations

RU (3701), GB (1415), DE (1060), DK (640), FI (579), FR (535), NL (318), SE (266), PL (252), LT (189), IT (185), AT (166)

## Summary

Lestes sponsa is a damselfly with a wide Palaearctic distribution. It is known commonly as the emerald damselfly or common spreadwing. Both males and females have a metallic green colour and brown wing spots. It resides near pools with aquatic plants. When resting its wings are usually half opened.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lestes_sponsa

## Photo

![Common Spreadwing](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-spreadwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Patrick Le Mao · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146522104

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-spreadwing?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).