Orthetrum balteatum

{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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|name =Speckled skimmer

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|status=NT

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Dow, R.A. |date=2017 |title=Orthetrum balteatum |volume=2017 |page=e.T163903A87528450 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T163903A87528450.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

|taxon =Orthetrum balteatum

|authority=Lieftinck, 1933{{Cite journal|last=Lieftinck|first=M.A.|year=1933|title=The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands Part II. Descriptions of a new genus and species of Platycneminae (Agrionidae) and of new Libellulidae|journal=Nova Guinea (Zoologie)|volume=1|pages=1–66 [63]}}

|range_map=Orthetrum balteatum distribution map.svg

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Orthetrum balteatum is a freshwater dragonfly species in the family Libellulidae,{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Orthetrum_balteatum|title=Species Orthetrum balteatum Lieftinck, 1933|date=2012|website=Australian Faunal Directory|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study|access-date=1 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/|title=World Odonata List|first=Martin|first2=Dennis|website=Slater Museum of Natural History|publisher=University of Puget Sound|author1=Schorr|author2=Paulson|access-date=1 March 2017}}

present in northern Australia and New Guinea.

The common name for this species is speckled skimmer.{{cite book|title=The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia|year=2006|publisher=CSIRO Publishing|isbn=0-643-09073-8|author=Günther Theischinger, John Hawking}}

Orthetrum balteatum is a medium-sized, black dragonfly with yellow markings. The sides of its body are dark,{{Cite book|title=The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata|last=Watson|first=J.A.L.|last2=Theischinger|first2=G.|last3=Abbey|first3=H.M.|publisher=CSIRO|year=1991|isbn=0643051368|location=Melbourne}}

and it has clear wings without any coloured markings.