The IUCN conservation status of Lestes helix is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2009.[1][4][5]
^"World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.