Rhipidolestes okinawanus
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Rhipidolestes okinawanus is a species of damselfly
Damselfly
Damselflies are insects in the order Odonata. Damselflies are similar to dragonflies, but the adults can be distinguished by the fact that the wings of most damselflies are held along, and parallel to, the body when at rest...

 in the family Megapodagrionidae
Megapodagrionidae
Megapodagrionidae is a family of damselflies, commonly called flatwings for their habit of spreading out the hindwings horizontally when at rest...

. It is endemic to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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