Butterflies of São Paulo city

  

The city of São Paulo is one of the largest cities of the world with about 20 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, which encompasses 39 municipalities.

Nevertheless, it has many municipal parks like Ibirapuera Park, and importants  state parks like Cantareira State Park that is the largest urban forest in the world which about 8,000 hectares, and a Botanical Garden, where which is inside the Fontes do Ipiranga state park  with forested area.

In its territory is within the Atlantic rainforest complex, one of the most exuberant and rich forests in the world.

In its urban parks and others green area we can see many species of butterflies.

Recently (as of February 2015) we started our visits to green areas and especially in city parks watching butterflies (butterfly watching) and records them by photos and videos, for our files and to assist in environmental education process through our website (www.aultimaarcadenoe.com.br).

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Follows the alphabetical listing of butterfly species recorded by us in the city of São Paulo. by Antonio Silveira.

Actinote carycina Jordan, 1913

Adelpha abia (Hewitson, 1850)  (below)

Adelpha lycorias lycorias (Godart, 1824)  (below)

Adelpha malea goyama Schaus, 1902(below)

 

Adelpha plesaure Hübner, 1823   (below)

Adelpha serpa serpa (Boisduval, 1836)  (below)

Adelpha syma (Godart, 1824); Syma Sister  (below)

 

Adelpha zea (Hewitson, 1850) (below)

  Adelpha zea (Hewitson, 1850)

Aeria olena Weymer, 1875 (below)

  Agraulis vanillae maculosa (Stichel, 1908)

Aguna megaeles megaeles (Mabille, 1888)

  Anartia amathea roeselia (Eschscholtz, 1821)

  Anartia jatrophae jatrophae (Linnaeus, 1763)

  Anastrus sempiternus simplicior (Möschler, 1877)

Anastrus obscurus Hübner, 1824 (below)

Ancyluris aulestes pandama (Saunders, 1850)(below)

Anteos clorinde (Godart, 1824)  (White Angled-Sulphur)  (below)

Anteros formosus (Cramer, 1777) (below)

  Anteos menippe (Hübner, 1818)

  Anthoptus epictetus (Fabricius, 1793)

  Aphrissa statira statira (Cramer, 1777)

Arawacus ellida (Hewitson, 1867) (below)

Arawacus meliboeus (Fabricius, 1793) ; Meliboeus Stripestreak  (below)

  Arawacus tarania (Hewitson, 1868)

Archonias brassolis (Fabricius, 1776) (below)

 

  Artines aquilina (Plötz, 1882)

  Ascia monuste orseis (Godart, 1819)

  Astraptes alardus alardus (Stoll, 1790)

Astraptes fulgerator (Walch, 1775) (below)

  Astraptes talus (Cramer, 1777)

  Aubergina vanessoides (Prittwitz, 1865)

  Baeotis johannae johannae Sharpe, 1890

Barbicornis basilis basilis Godart, 1824 (below)

  Battus polydamas polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758)

 

  Biblis hyperia nectanabis (Fruhstorfer, 1909)

  Brassolis sophorae sophorae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cobalopsis nero (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)  (below)

 Callicore sorana sorana (Godart, [1824])

  Carrhenes canescens pallida Röber, 1925

Carminda peon (Godart, 1824)  (below)

Caligo arisbe fulgens Rothschild, 1916

Chalodeta theodora (Felder & Felder, 1862), fêmea (below)

 

 Catonephele numilia penthia (Hewitson, 1852)

  Chalodeta theodora (Felder & Felder, 1862)

  Chalybs hassan (Stoll, 1790)

Charis cadytis Hewitson, 1866  (below)

  Chioides catillus catillus (Cramer, 1779)

  Chiomara asychis autander (Mabille, 1891)

  Chlosyne lacinia saundersi (Doubleday, 1847)

  Cissia phronius (Godart, [1824])

  Cobalopsis vorgia (Schaus, 1902)

  Colias lesbia lesbia (Frabricius, 1775)

Colobura dirce (Linnaeus, 1758)   (below)

 

  Conga chydaea (Butler, 1877)

  Corticea corticea (Plötz, 1882)

  Cyanophrys herodotus (Fabricius, 1793)

Cycloglypha tisias (Godman & Salvin, 1896)  (Tisias Bent-Skipper)  (below)

  Cymaenes gisca Evans, 1955

  Cymaenes perloides (Plötz, 1882)

  Cymaenes tripunctus theogenis (Capronnier, 1874)

  Danaus erippus (Cramer, 1775)

  Danaus gilippus gilippus (Cramer, 1775)

Dasyophthalma creusa (Hübner, [1821]) (below)

 

  Diaethria clymena meridionalis (Bates, 1864)

 

  Dione juno juno (Cramer, 1779)

 

  Dircenna dero celtina Burmeister, 1878

Doxocopa kallina (Staudinger, 1886) (below) female

Doxocopa laurentia (Godart, 1824)(below)

  Dryadula phaetusa (Linnaeus, 1758)

 

  Dryas iulia alcionea (Cramer, 1779)

Dynamine agacles (Dalman, 1823) (below)

 Dynamine athemon athemaena (Hübner, 1824)

 Dynamine postverta postverta (Cramer, 1779), fêmea (abaixo)

Dynamine tithia tithia (Hübner, 1823)  (abaixo)

 Eantis thraso (Hübner, 1807)

 Ectima thecla thecla (Fabricius, 1796)

  Emesis mandana mandana (Cramer, 1780)

  Emesis russula Stichel, 1910

  Enantia lina psamathe (Fabricius, 1793)

  Epityches eupompe (Geyer, 1832)

  Eresia lansdorfi (Godart, 1819)

 

Epityches eupompe (Geyer, 1832)   (below)

 

Eryphanis reevesi reevesi (Doubleday, [1849])  (below)

 

  Eueides isabella dianasa (Hübner, 1806)

Eunica maja maja (Fabricius, 1775)   (below)

Eunica margarita (below)  prob.

 

Eurema arbela arbela Geyer, 1832 (below)

 

  Euptoieta hegesia meridiania Stichel, 1938

  Eurema albula sinoe (Godart, 1819)

  Eurema arbela arbela Geyer, 1832

  Eurema deva deva (Doubleday, 1847)

  Eurema elathea flavescens (Chavannes, 1850)

  Eurema phiale paula (Röber, 1909)

Eurybia pergaea (Geyer, 1832)   (below)

 

Euselasia eucerus (Hewitson, 1872)

  Euselasia euploea (Hewitson, 1855)

Euselasia thucydides thucydides (Fabricius, 1793)   (below)

Evenus regalis (Cramer, 1775)  (below)

  Fountainea ryphea phidile (Geyer, 1837)

  Gesta gesta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863)

Gorgythion begga begga (Prittwitz, 1868)   (below)

  

  Glutophrissa drusilla drusilla (Cramer, 1777)

Hamadryas amphinome amphinome (Linnaeus, 1767)   (below)

Hamadryas februa februa (Hübner, [1823])  (below)

 

Hamadryas feronia feronia (Linnaeus, 1758)  (below)

Helias phalaenoides palpalis  (below)

  Heliconius erato phyllis (Fabricius, 1775)  (below)

Heliconius besckei (Ménétriés, 1857)  (below)

  Heliconius ethilla narcaea (Godart, 1819)

  Heliconius sara apseudes (Hübner, 1813)   (below)

Heliopetes alana (Reakirt, 1868) (below)

  Heliopetes arsalte (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Heliopetes omrina (Butler, 1870)

  Hemiargus hanno hanno (Stoll, 1790)

  Heraclides anchisiades capys (Hübner, 1809)

Heraclides astyalus  (Godart, 1819) (below) male (rigth and female (lefth)

  

  Heraclides hectorides (Esper, 1794)

  Heraclides thoas brasiliensis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)

  Hermeuptychia atalanta (Butler, 1867)

  Hesperocharis anguitia anguitia (Godart, 1819)

  Historis odius dious Lamas, 1995

  Hylephila phyleus phyleus (Drury, 1773)

  Hypanartia bella (Fabricius, 1793)

 

Hypanartia lethe (Fabricius, 1793)  (below)

 

Hypna clytemnestra huebneri Butler, 1866   (below)

 

 Hypothyris ninonia daeta (Boisduval, 1836)

Hypothyris ninonia daeta (Boisduval, 1836)   (below)

 

  Ithomia agnosia agnosia Hewitson, [1855]

  Junonia evarete evarete (Cramer, 1779)

  Lasaia agesilas agesilas (Latreille, 1809)  male and female

 

  Leptotes cassius theonus (Lucas, 1857)

  Libytheana carinenta carinenta (Cramer, 1777)

  Marpesia chiron chiron (Fabricius, 1775)

  Marpesia petreus petreus (Cramer, 1776)

  Mechanitis lysimnia lysimnia (Fabricius, 1793)

  Mechanitis polymnia casabranca Haensch, 1905

  Melete aelia paulista (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

Memphis appias (Hübner, 1825)  (below)

  Memphis moruus stheno (Prittwitz, 1865)

 

Mesosemia odice (Godart, [1824])   (below)

  Methona themisto (Hübner, 1818)

  Michaelus thordesa (Hewitson, 1867)

Mimoides protodamas (Godart, 1819)   (below)

 

  Ministrymon azia (Hewitson, 1873)

Miltomiges cinnamomea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

 

 Mnasitheus ritans (Schaus, 1902)

Morpho aega (Hübner, [1822])   (below)

 

Morpho hercules (Dalman, 1823) (below)

  Mucia zygia (Plötz, 1886)

Myscelia orsis (Drury, 1782)   (below)  (blue= male; right= female)

    

Myscelus amystis epigona Herrich-Schäffer, 1869   (below)

  Nisoniades macarius (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870)

  Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius (Latreille, 1824)

  Nymphidium lisimon epiplatea Butler, 1867

  Ocaria ocrisia (Hewitson, 1868)

Ocaria thales (Fabricius, 1793)   (below)

Panara soana soana Hewitson, 1875   (below)

Parides anchises nephalion  (Godart, 1819)   (below)

 Opsiphanes cassiae cassiae (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Opsiphanes invirae remoliatus Fruhstorfer, 1907

  Ortilia ithra (Kirby, 1900)

  Panoquina fusina viola Evans, 1955

  Panoquina hecebolus (Scudder, 1872)

  Panoquina ocola ocola (Edwards, 1863)

  Panthiades hebraeus (Hewitson, 1867)

  Parcella amarynthina (Felder & Felder, 1865)

  Parides bunichus bunichus (Hübner, 1821)

  Parrhasius orgia (Hewitson, 1867)

  Parrhasius polibetes (Stoll, 1781)

Perichares seneca seneca (Latreille, 1824)

Pheraeus odilia odilia (Plötz, 1884)   prov. (below)

  Philaethria wernickei (Röber, 1906)

  Phocides polybius phanias (Burmeister, 1880)

  Phoebis argante argante (Fabricius, 1775)

  Phoebis neocypris neocypris (Hübner, [1823])

  Phoebis philea philea (Linnaeus, 1763)

  Phoebis sennae marcellina (Cramer, 1777)

  Phoebis trite banksi (Breyer, 1939)

  Placidina euryanassa (Felder & Felder, 1860)

  Polites vibex catilina (Plötz, 1886)

  Polygonus savigny savigny (Latreille, 1824)

  Polythrix octomaculata (Sepp, 1844)

  Pompeius pompeius (Latreille, 1824)

  Proteides mercurius mercurius (Fabricius, 1787)

  Pseudolycaena marsyas (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Pseudoscada erruca (Hewitson, 1855)

  Pterourus scamander grayi (Boisduval, 1836)

Pterourus scamander grayi (Boisduval, 1836) (below)

 

 Pyrgus orcus (Stoll, 1780)

 

  Pyrgus orcynoides (Giacomelli, 1928)

  Pyrisitia nise tenella (Boisduval, 1836)

  Pyrrhopygopsis socrates socrates (Ménétriés, 1855)

  Quadrus u-lucida mimus (Mabille & Boullet, 1917)

  Quinta cannae (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

  Rekoa meton (Cramer, 1779)

  Rekoa palegon (Cramer, 1780)

  Rhetus arcius amycus Stichel, 1909

 

  Riodina lycisca lycisca (Hewitson, 1853)

 

  Siproeta epaphus trayja Hübner, 1823

Sostrata cronion (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) (below)

Thepytus thyrea  (Hewitson, 1867)   (below)

  Strymon astiocha (Prittwitz, 1865)

  Strymon bazochii (Godart, 1824)

  Strymon cestri (Reakirt, 1867)

  Strymon rana (Schaus, 1902)

 

Tegosa claudina (Eschscholtz, 1821)  (below)

Temenis laothoe meridionalis Ebert, 1965 (below)

  Thereus tiasa (Hewitson, 1869)

  Thespieus ethemides (Burmeister, 1878)

  Thespieus xarippe xarippe (Butler, 1870)

  Thyridia psidii cetoides (Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914)

  Urbanus dorantes dorantes (Stoll, 1790)

  Urbanus esmeraldus (Butler, 1877)

  Urbanus procne (Plötz, 1880)

  Urbanus proteus proteus (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Urbanus simplicius (Stoll, 1790)

  Urbanus teleus (Hübner, 1821)

  Vanessa braziliensis (Moore, 1883)

  Vanessa myrinna (Doubleday, 1849)

  Vehilius inca (Scudder, 1872)

  Vehilius stictomenes stictomenes (Butler, 1877)

  Xenophanes tryxus (Stoll, 1780)

  Ziegleria ceromia (Hewitson, 1877)

  Ziegleria hesperitis (Butler & Druce, 1872)

  Zizula cyna Edwards, 1881

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Thanks for collaboration biol. Renato Oliveira/MZUSP. And Gustavo M.Accacio (Instagram: borboletas_do_brasil) for revision of the list of Ibirapuera Park, and add some species in 09.3.2020. List used to make this list of Sao Paulo city.

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Antonio Silveira: 13-2-2015. last update: 09-6-2016. 21-3-2020.