| Mnesarete | |
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| Mnesarete pruinosa resting on a leaf | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Calopterygidae |
| Subfamily: | Hetaerininae |
| Genus: | Mnesarete Cowley, 1934 |
Mnesarete is a genus of damselflies in the family Calopterygidae.
There are about 27 species. All are limited to South America.
Species include:
- Mnesarete aenea (Selys, 1853)
- Mnesarete astrape De Marmels, 1989
- Mnesarete borchgravii (Selys, 1869)
- Mnesarete cupraea (Selys, 1853)
- Mnesarete devillei (Selys, 1880)
- Mnesarete drepane Garrison, 2006
- Mnesarete ephippium Garrison, 2006
- Mnesarete fulgida (Selys, 1879)
- Mnesarete fuscibasis (Calvert, 1909)
- Mnesarete grisea (Ris, 1918)
- Mnesarete guttifera (Selys, 1873)
- Mnesarete hauxwelli (Selys, 1869)
- Mnesarete hyalina (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
- Mnesarete lencionii Garrison, 2006
- Mnesarete loutoni Garrison, 2006
- Mnesarete machadoi Garrison, 2006
- Mnesarete marginata (Selys, 1879)
- Mnesarete mariana Machado, 1996
- Mnesarete metallica (Selys, 1869)
- Mnesarete pruinosa (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
- Mnesarete pudica (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
- Mnesarete rhopalon Garrison, 2006
- Mnesarete smaragdina (Selys, 1869)
- Mnesarete williamsoni Garrison, 2006
