Common Spreadwing vs Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Lestes sponsa compared with Artibeus cinereus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Spreadwing	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Odonata (Odonata)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Lestidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Lestes	Artibeus
Species	Lestes sponsa	Artibeus cinereus

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Spreadwing and Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Common Spreadwing

LC — Least Concern

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Spreadwing	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Spreadwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Common Spreadwing

Common Spreadwing (Lestes sponsa) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.