A  new locality in northern Algeria for the endangered Maghrebian endemic butterfly Pseudophilotes fatma (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Halima Yahiaoui; Belkacem Aimene Boulaouad; Mohamed Belkacem; Youcef Merzouki; Bachir Harzallah; Rudi Verovnik

doi:10.13133/2284-4880/1727

A new locality in northern Algeria for the endangered Maghrebian endemic butterfly Pseudophilotes fatma (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Authors

Halima Yahiaoui Department of Agronomy, SNV-TU Faculty, Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi University, 34030, El Anasser – Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria
Belkacem Aimene Boulaouad Department of Agronomy, SNV-TU Faculty, Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi Bordj Bou Arreridj University, Algeria.
Mohamed Belkacem Laboratory of Biotechnologies and Protection of Agricultural and Natural Ecosystems, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences andEarth Sciences, Bouira University, 10000 Bouira, Algeria
Youcef Merzouki Department of Agronomy, SNV-TU Faculty, Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi Bordj Bou Arreridj University
Bachir Harzallah Algerian Wildlife Watchers Association, Algeria
Rudi Verovnik University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/1727

Keywords:

Papilionoidea, distribution, Fatma’s Blue, endangerment, Algeria

Abstract

Pseudophilotes fatma is an endemic butterfly species found in northern Algeria and Morocco, listed as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List. Previously, it was known only from a few localities of Algeria in the western part of the country and northern Morocco. In 2019 it has been recorded for the first time in Ghilassa Forest in the Bordj Bou Arréridj region of northern Algeria, about 100 km west of known Algerian distribution. This study also shortly discusses the current distribution of the species and sits endangerment.

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A male of Pseudophilotes fatma near Bordj Ghedir in Algeria

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Published

2025-06-30

How to Cite

Yahiaoui, H., Boulaouad, B. A., Belkacem, M., Merzouki, Y., Harzallah, B. and Verovnik , R. (2025) “A new locality in northern Algeria for the endangered Maghrebian endemic butterfly Pseudophilotes fatma (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)”, Fragmenta entomologica, 57(1), pp. 129–132. doi: 10.13133/2284-4880/1727.