Orthetrum migratum

{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Rosy skimmer

| image = Orthetrum migratum 3239.jpg

| image_caption = Orthetrum migratum at Mataranka, Australia

| status= LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Hawking, J. |date=2009 |title=Orthetrum migratum |volume=2009 |page=e.T163524A5611321 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163524A5611321.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| taxon = Orthetrum migratum

| authority = Lieftinck, 1951{{Cite journal|last= Lieftinck|first=M.A.|last2=Tate|first2=Geoffrey M.|year=1951|title=Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 64. Odonata of the 1948 Archbold Cape York Expedition, with a list of the dragonflies from the peninsula|journal=American Museum Novitates|volume=1488|pages=1–46 [35]|hdl=2246/3981}}

| range_map = Orthetrum migratum distribution map.svg

}}

Orthetrum migratum is an Australian freshwater dragonfly species in the family Libellulidae.{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Orthetrum_migratum|title=Species Orthetrum migratum Lieftinck, 1951|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|last2=Paulson|access-date=1 March 2017}}

The common name for this species is rosy 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|author2=John Hawking}}

It inhabits streams, boggy seepages, riverine pools and swamps across northern Australia.{{cite book|title=Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata|last2=Endersby|first2=Ian|date=2009|publisher=Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW|isbn=978-1-74232-475-3|pages=231|last1=Theischinger|first1=Gunther|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/publications/09730AustOdonata.pdf}}

Orthetrum migratum is a medium-sized dragonfly with a body that can be yellow-green or grey-brown to dark blue. The abdomen of a male is red and evenly tapered, while the abdomen of a female is coloured a yellow-green-brown.{{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}}