Skimmers
Female Orthetrum chrysostigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Epiprocta
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Orthetrum
Species
see text

Green Marsh Hawk Orthetrum sabina in Keesara, Rangareddy district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Orthetrum is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family. It is a very large genus, with more than 80 species, spread across the Old World.

[edit] Species

• Orthetrum abbotti (Calvert 1892)
• Orthetrum africanum (Selys,1887)
• Orthetrum albistylum (Selys,1848)
• Orthetrum anceps (Schneider 1845)
• Orthetrum angustiventre (Rambur,1842)
• Orthetrum austeni (Kirby, 1900)
• Orthetrum austrosundanum (Lieftinck, 1953)
• Orthetrum azureum (Rambur,1842)
• Orthetrum balteatum (Lieftinck, 1933)
• Orthetrum borneense (Kimmins, 1936)
• Orthetrum boumiera (Watson & Arthington, 1978)
• Orthetrum brachiale (Beauvois, 1805)
• Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)
• Orthetrum caffrum (Burmeister, 1839)
• Orthetrum caledonicum (Brauer, 1865)
• Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Orthetrum chrysis (Selys, 1891)
• Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)
• Orthetrum icteromelas (Ris,1910)
• Orthetrum migratum (Lieftinck, 1951)
• Orthetrum pruinosum (Rambur, 1842)
• Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1770)
• Orthetrum serapia (Watson, 1984)
• Orthetrum testaceum (Burmeister, 1839)
• Orthetrum trinacria (Sélys, 1841)
• Orthethrum nitidinerve (Selys,1841)
• Orthetrum villosovittatum (Brauer, 1868)

(Note: This list is currently incomplete.)

• Media related to Orthetrum at Wikimedia Commons
• Information related to Orthetrum from Wikispecies.

Sciberras, A. (2008) A Contribution To The Knowledge Of Odonata In The Maltese Islands. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist 4(4):275-288.

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