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Long skimmer

Orthetrum trinacria (Selys, 1841)

Status not recordeddragonflies

The long skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria) is a species in the family Libellulidae, order Odonata. Recorded adults reach 5.4 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mozambique.

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Quick facts about the long skimmer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
5.4 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 long skimmer?

LONG SKIMMER · LENGTH 5.4 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.4 cm, the recorded maximum length of the long skimmer is about 3.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the long 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 long 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 long 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 long skimmer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOdonata
  5. familyLibellulidae
  6. genusOrthetrum
  7. SpeciesOrthetrum trinacria (Selys, 1841)

Synonyms Libellula bremii, Libellula clathrata, Libellula trinacria, Orthetrum trinacria subsp. igarashii

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Langer BlaupfeilGerman
  • Libélula ferozSpanish
  • Orthétrum effiléFrench
  • Libélula sicilianaGalician
  • ריחופית אגמיםHebrew
  • Frecciazzurra meridionaleItalian
  • Lange oeverlibelDutch
  • Ortétrum comprimidoPortuguese
  • Länglicher BlaupfeilGerman
  • Centinela largaSpanish
  • Orthétrum de SicileFrench
  • Ortétrum compridoPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the long skimmer

Other species in the same genus Orthetrum.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the long skimmer?

An adult long skimmer measures 5.4 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the long skimmer live?

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

What kind of animal is the long skimmer?

The long skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria) 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). Long skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-skimmer

MLA

“Long skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-skimmer.

BibTeX
@misc{long_skimmer_2026,
  title = {Long skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-skimmer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}