Butterflies in Algeria
Algeria, the largest country in Africa, has a varied topography with mountains, deserts, and green coastal areas. Though a substantial part of the country falls within the Sahara desert, the Atlas Mountains and the fertile coastal regions offer a suitable home for over 100 butterflies.
Butterflies in Algeria
List of Different Butterfly Species of Algeria
Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)
- Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
- Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
- Giant Grayling (Berberia abdelkader)
- Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
- Cardinal (Argynnis pandora)
- Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius)
- Soutern Hermit (Chazara prieuri)
- Hermit (Chazara briseis)
- Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus)
- Spanish Fritillary (Euphydryas desfontainii)
- Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia)
- Southern Grayling (Hipparchia aristaeus)
- Tree Grayling (Hipparchia statilinus)
- Powel’s Grayling (Hipparchia powelli)
- Scotch Argus (Hipparchia fidia)
- Dorus Ringlet (Coenonympha dorus)
- Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
- Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
- Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera)
- Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata maera)
- European Nettle-tree Butterfly (Libythea celtis)
- Lupine Blue (Hyponephele lupinus)
- Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
- Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)
- Southern Marbled White (Melanargia occitanica)
- Ines Blue (Melanargia ines)
- Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
- Comma (Polygonia c-album)
- Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathseba)
- Southern Gatekeeper (Pyronia cecilia)
- Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia)
- Desert Fritillary (Melitaea deserticola)
- Knapweed Frillitary (Melitaea phoebe)
- Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma)
- Lesser Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea aetherie)
- Provençal fritillary (Melitaea deione)
Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)
- Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
- Purple Hairstreak (Neozephyrus quercus)
- Southern Brown Argus (Aricia cramera)
- Bright Babul Blue (Azanus ubaldus)
- Chapman’s Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)
- Brown Argus (Callophrys avis)
- Siphax Blue (Cigaritis siphax)
- Allard’s Blue (Cigaritis allardi)
- Acamas Blue (Cigaritis acamas)
- Zohra’s Blue (Cigaritis zohra)
- Lorquin’s Blue (Cupido lorquinii)
- Melanops Blue (Glaucopsyche melanops)
- Green-underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis)
- Martin’s Blue (Kretania martini)
- Allard’s Grayling (Kretania allardii)
- Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus)
- Lang’s Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous)
- Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
- Amanda’s Blue (Polyommatus amandus)
- Atlantic Blue (Polyommatus atlantica)
- European Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
- Bavius Blue (Pseudophilotes bavius)
- Moroccan Blue (Pseudophilotes abencerragus)
- False Ilex Hairstreak (Satyrium esculi)
- Mediterranean Pierrot (Tarucus rosacea)
- Moroccan Grayling (Tomares mauretanicus)
- Eastern Bath White (Tarucus theophrastus)
- Provence Hairstreak (Tomares ballus)
- Balkan Pierrot (Tarucus balkanica)
- Dark Grass Blue (Zizeeria karsandra)
- African Grass Blue (Zizeeria knysna)
- Antanossa Blue (Zizina antanossa)
Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)
- Pioneer White (Anaphaeis aurota)
- Provance Orange Tip (Anthocharis euphenoides)
- Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi)
- Pale Grass Blue (Catopsilia florella)
- Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae)
- Small White (Pieris rapae)
- Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
- Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)
- Small Orange-tip (Colotis evagore)
- Desert Orange-tip (Colotis liagore)
- Silver Orange-tip (Colotis phisadia)
- Golden Arab-tip (Colotis chrysonome)
- Green-striped White (Euchloe belemia)
- Eastern Dappled White (Euchloe ausonia)
- Portuguese Dappled White (Euchloe tagis)
- Scarce Green Striped (Euchloe falloui)
- Lemon White (Euchloe charlonia)
- Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
- Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra)
- Bath White (Pontia daplidice)
- Desert White (Pontia glauconome)
Swallowtail (Papilionidae)
- Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina)
- Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)
- Sahara Swallowtail (Papilio saharae)
- Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
Skipper (Hesperiidae)
- Borbo Skipper (Borbo borbonica)
- Small Mallow (Carcharodus tripolina)
- Marbled Skipper (Carcharodus lavatherae)
- Stauder’s Clouded Yellow (Carcharodus stauderi)
- Pygmy Skipper (Gegenes pumilio)
- Lattice Brown (Gegenes nostrodamus)
- Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma)
- Sage Skipper (Muschampia proto)
- Barbary Skipper (Muschampia mohammed)
- False Marbled Skipper (Muschampia leuzeae)
- Rozy Grizzled Argus (Pyrgus onopordi)
- Oberthür’s Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus armoricanus)
- Alpine Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus alveus)
- Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius)
- Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
- Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
- Lulworth Skipper (Thymelicus acteon)
- Hamza Skipper (Thymelicus hamza)
Algeria has its fair share of wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, like the Djebel Babor Mountains, Tassili n’Ajjer National Park, Ahaggar National Park. With their rich fauna, these places have a lot of butterflies visiting every year.
