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

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.