Orthetrum serapia

{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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| image = Orthetrum serapia 2997.jpg

| image_caption = Male, Cairns, Australia

| image2 = Green Skimmer (17249184676).jpg

| image2_caption = Female

| status = LC

| status_system=IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Hawking, J. |date=2020 |title=Orthetrum serapia |volume=2020 |page=e.T163566A83373271 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T163566A83373271.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Orthetrum serapia

| authority = Watson, 1984{{Cite journal|last=Watson|first=J.A.L.|year=1984|title=A second Australian species in the Orthetrum sabina complex (Odonata: Libellulidae)|journal=Journal of the Australian Entomological Society|volume=23|issue=1|pages=1–10 [8]|doi=10.1111/j.1440-6055.1984.tb01896.x}}

|range_map=Orthetrum serapia distribution map.svg

}}

Orthetrum serapia, the green skimmer, is a freshwater dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.{{Cite journal|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Orthetrum_serapia|title=Species Orthetrum serapia Watson, 1984|pages=1–10|date=2012|journal=Australian Faunal Directory|volume=23|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study|access-date=1 March 2017|last1=Watson|first1=J. A. L.}}{{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}}

The serapia species is present in Australia, the Philippines, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.{{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|pages=278}}

It inhabits a wide range of still and sluggish waters, often shallow.{{cite book |title=The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia |last=Theischinger |first=G |last2=Hawking |first2=J |year=2006 |publisher=CSIRO Publishing |location=Collingwood Vic. |isbn=978-0-64309-073-6 |page=268}} In Australia it ranges from the top end of the Northern Territory to about Mackay in central Queensland.