Chalcolestes parvidens is found in eastern and central Europe, in Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Syria, Jordan, Israel and Turkey.

It is found on islands in the eastern Mediterranean; on Cyprus, Corsica, Crete and Sicily.

It hangs with wings spread wide, often in the shade of trees near breeding water.

[5] Mature males defend vertical territories in marginal shrubs and small trees where they find and mate with females in the normal damselfly manner forming the wheel position.

Egg laying can result in distinct oval galls forming in the shrub's bark.

The following spring the eggs hatch, the larvae drop into the water and start to develop.