Leste Fiancé vs Leste Verdoyant

Lestes sponsa compared with Lestes virens

Key Differences

• Leste Fiancé is Least Concern while Leste Verdoyant is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Leste Fiancé	Leste Verdoyant
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Arthropoda (arthropodes)
Class same	Insecta (insecte)	Insecta (insecte)
Order same	Odonata (Odonata)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family same	Lestidae	Lestidae
Genus same	Lestes	Lestes
Species	Lestes sponsa	Lestes virens

Evolutionary Relationship

Leste Fiancé and Leste Verdoyant share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Lestes.

Conservation Status

Leste Fiancé

LC — Least Concern

Leste Verdoyant

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Leste Fiancé	Leste Verdoyant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Leste Fiancé

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Leste Verdoyant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Leste Fiancé

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇸🇪 Sweden