Keeled skimmer

Keeled skimmer
Mature male, Cyprus
Female, Porto Covo, Portugal
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species:
O. coerulescens
Binomial name
Orthetrum coerulescens
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Libellula donovani Leach, 1815
  • Libellula dubia Rambur, 1842
  • Libellula olympia Fonscolombe, 1837
  • Libellula opalina Charpentier, 1825
  • Orthetrum helena Buchholtz, 1954
  • Orthetrum ramburii (Sélys, 1848)

The keeled skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens) is a species of dragonfly belonging to the family Libellulidae.

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