The Perilestidae are a family of damselflies commonly known as shortwings and twigtails.

In the past Nubiolestes of Africa was included in this family,[3] but this is doubted.

Palaeoperilestes electronicus is an extinct species described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber.

[2] They live in dense forest habitat and rest with their abdomens hanging vertically.

[5] The family Perilestidae include the following genera:[6] This article related to damselflies is a stub.