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Epaulet skimmer

Orthetrum chrysostigma (Burmeister, 1839)

Status not recordeddragonflies

The epaulet skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma) is a species in the family Libellulidae, order Odonata. Recorded adults reach 4.25 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mozambique.

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Quick facts about the epaulet skimmer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
4.25 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
freshwater, riverine
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the epaulet skimmer?

EPAULET SKIMMER · LENGTH 4.25 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.25 cm, the recorded maximum length of the epaulet skimmer is about 2.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the epaulet skimmer live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The epaulet skimmer is listed for 1 country.

Mozambique
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Mozambique

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the epaulet skimmer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the epaulet skimmer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOdonata
  5. familyLibellulidae
  6. genusOrthetrum
  7. SpeciesOrthetrum chrysostigma (Burmeister, 1839)

Synonyms Libellula barbara, Libellula chrysostigma, Orthetrum toddii

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Parot de xarreteresCatalan
  • RahmstreifblaupfeilGerman
  • Centinela esbeltaSpanish
  • Orthétrum de BarbarieFrench
  • Libélula esveltaGalician
  • ריחופית כחולהHebrew
  • Frecciazzurra aureaItalian
  • EpauletoeverlibelDutch
  • Ortétrum de faixa brancaPortuguese
  • žutopegi hitri konjicSerbian
  • Epauletten-BlaupfeilGerman
  • Rahmstreif-BlaupfeilGerman
  • Libélula barreadaSpanish
  • L'orthétrum de BarbarieFrench
  • Orthétrum à Ptérostigmas JaunesFrench
  • Orthétrum à taille fineFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the epaulet skimmer

Other species in the same genus Orthetrum.

Long skimmer

Orthetrum trinacria

LibellulidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the epaulet skimmer?

An adult epaulet skimmer measures 4.25 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the epaulet skimmer live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the epaulet skimmer for 1 country: Mozambique. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the epaulet skimmer?

The epaulet skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma) belongs to the family Libellulidae in the order Odonata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Epaulet skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/epaulet-skimmer

MLA

“Epaulet skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/epaulet-skimmer.

BibTeX
@misc{epaulet_skimmer_2026,
  title = {Epaulet skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/epaulet-skimmer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}