-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Dragonflies and Damselflies (Order Odonata)

-Damselflies (Suborder Zygoptera)

-Superfamily Lestoidea

-Spreadwings and Allies (Family Lestidae)

-Stream Spreadwings (Genus Archilestes)

-Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis)

The great spreadwing (Archilestes grandis) is a damselfly in the family Lestidae. Large spreadwing with yellow stripe on side of thorax in both sexes; males usually darker; eyes bright blue in males, paler in females. Breeds in heavily vegetated unpolluted water. Females oviposit in vegetation such as water iris while clasped by male.