About Orthetrum icteromelas Ris, 1910
Orthetrum icteromelas, commonly known as the spectacled skimmer, is a dragonfly species belonging to the family Libellulidae. This species has been recorded in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its presence in Burundi is considered unconfirmed. Its natural habitats include subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rivers.