Lestes ictericus

{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Clausnitzer, V. |author2=Suhling, F. |author3=Dijkstra, K.-D.B. |date=2016 |title=Lestes ictericus |volume=2016 |page=e.T59900A85591440 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59900A85591440.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| genus = Lestes

| species = ictericus

| authority = Gerstäcker, 1869

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Lestes ictericus is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. It is known by the common names tawny spreadwing and yellow spreadwing. It is native to much of eastern and western Africa. It lives near seasonal pools in savanna habitat.