---
title: "Wandering Ringtail"
description: "Austrolestes leda — Insetos e aranhas. Austrolestes leda is an Australian species of damselfly in the family Lestidae,"
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/wandering-ringtail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wandering Ringtail

> Austrolestes leda — Insetos e aranhas. Austrolestes leda is an Australian species of damselfly in the family Lestidae,
commonly known as a wandering ringtail.

- Scientific name: *Austrolestes leda*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 8170
- Wikidata: [Q2190732](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2190732)
- iNaturalist taxon: [236884](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/236884)

## Names

- en: Wandering Ringtail

## Countries with the most observations

AU (7963)

## Summary

Austrolestes leda is an Australian species of damselfly in the family Lestidae,
commonly known as a wandering ringtail. 
It is found across eastern Australia where it inhabits slow and still water.
Austrolestes leda is a medium-sized to large damselfly, the male is light blue and black.

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

## Photo

![Wandering Ringtail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wandering-ringtail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Barb · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177139375

## Machine access

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