Orthetrum albistylum

{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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| image = White-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum albistylum albistylum) male Greece.jpg

| image_caption = male O. a. albistylum, Greece

| image2 = Orthetrum albistylum (young female) (1).JPG

| image2_caption = female, Georgia

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Orthetrum

| species = albistylum

| authority = (Selys, 1848)

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Clausnitzer, V. |date=2020 |title=Orthetrum albistylum |volume=2020 |page=e.T158689A140578608 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T158689A140578608.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

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Orthetrum albistylum is a dragonfly species, which occurs from central and south Europe to China and Japan. Its distribution is often patchy but in many areas it is common. The species has recently spread its range northwards to the Baltic Sea coast in Poland.{{cite iucn |author=Clausnitzer, V. |year=2009 |title=Orthetrum albistylum |volume=2009 |page=e.T158689A5254918 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158689A5254918.en |access-date=12 January 2020}} The common name for this species is white-tailed skimmer.{{cite web|title=Checklist, English common names|url=http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html|publisher=DragonflyPix.com|accessdate=5 August 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121204160258/http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html|archivedate=4 December 2012}}

File:Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (male), -Tamamo Park, Takamatsu, Japan, -17 Aug. 2012 a.ogv

One of the ongoing threats affecting the habitat of Orthetrum albistylum is the production of crops. The water pollution associated with crop production is also having a direct effect on the quality of the habitat of this species.