Protolestes

Protolestes is a genus of flatwings in the damselfly order Odonata. There are about eight described species in Protolestes.

As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Bybee et al. in 2021, it is now in its own family, Protolestidae.

Species

 * Protolestes fickei Förster, 1899
 * Protolestes furcatus Aguesse, 1967
 * Protolestes kerckhoffae Schmidt, 1949
 * Protolestes leonorae Schmidt, 1949
 * Protolestes milloti Fraser, 1949
 * Protolestes proselytus Lieftinck, 1965
 * Protolestes rufescens Aguesse, 1967
 * Protolestes simonei Aguesse, 1967