Protolestes
# 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
