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.

Achlyodes busirus rioja  Evans, 1953     (Ibirapuera Park)  (below)

Adelpha isis  (below)

Adelpha malea goyama  (below)

Adelpha mythra    (below)

Adelpha syma ; Syma Sister  (below)

Adelpha zea (below)

Aeria olena olena  (below)

Agraulis vanillae      (Ibirapuera Park)  (Linnaeus, 1758)  (below)

Anartia amathea roeselia (Botanical Garden). Antonio Silveira  (below)

Anartia jatrophae   (Ibirapuera Park). Antonio Silveira  (below)

Ancyluris aulestes pandama (Ibirapuera Park) (below)

Arawacus dolylas ; Dolylas Hairstreak  (below)

Archonias brassolis (São Paulo Botanical Garden), Antonio Silveira (below)

Ascalapha odorata  (moth) (below)

Ascia monuste orseis (Ibirapuera Park) Antonio Silveira (below)

Astraptes fulgerator azul (below)

Battus polydamas (Ibirapuera Park) Antonio Silveira (below)

Battus polystictus   (Butler, 1874) Ibirapuera Park,SP,BR. Antonio Silveira  (below)

Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer, 1837) ; Bordered Patch. (below)

Dasyophthalma creusa  (below)

Contrafacia bassania (Hewitson, 1868);White-etched Hairstreak  (probably)  below)

Contrafacia imma (? probable)  (below)

Cyanophrys herodotus (Fabricius, 1793)  (below)

Danaus erippus (Ibirapuera Park) (some consider like D.plexippus erippus ) . Antonio Silveira  (below)

Danaus gilippus  (Ibirapuera Park). Antonio Silveira  (below)

Dircenna dero rhoeo (Botanical Garden). Antonio Silveira  (below)

Doxocopa laurentia  (below)

Doxocopa kallina  (below) female

Dryadula phaetusa  (Linnaeus, 1758) (below)

Dryas iulia  (Botanical Garden). Antonio Silveira  (below)

Dynamine agacles  (below)

Dynamine tithia salpensa  (abaixo)

Emesis mandana mandana   (below)

Emesis mandana mandana (Cramer, 1780)  (below)

Epityches eupompe  (below)

Eresia lansdorfi (Ibirapuera Park) Antonio Silveira  (below)

Eueides isabella dianasa (Ibirapuera Park). Antonio Silveira  (below)

Euptoieta hegesia (Cramer, 1779)  (below)

Eurema arbela  Geyer, 1832 (below)

Eurema elathea (below)

Eurema arbela gracilis  (below)

Eurybia pergaea  (below)

Hemiargus h. hanno (Stoll, 1790); Hanno Blue (?) (below)

Hamadryas amphinome (Botanical Garden)  (below)

Hamadryas februa, Instituto Butantan,SP-BR,Antonio Silveira  (below)

Hamadryas feronia, Instituto Butantan,SP-BR,Antonio Silveira  (below)

Heliconius ethilla narcaea (Godart, 1819)  (probably)  (below)

Heliconius erato phyllis (Botanical Garden)  (below)

Hemiargus hanno (below)

Heraclides astyalus, (SP Botanical Garden ),Antonio Silveira  (below)

Heraclides anchisiades capys  (Hubner, [1809]) – (below)

Heraclides thoas brasiliensis   (below)

Hermeuptychia hermes Fabricius, 1775   (below)

Hesperocharis paranensis paranensis   Schaus, 1898 (below)

Hylephila phyleus phyleus  (Botanical Garden and Ibirapuera Park)  (below)

Hypanartia bella (Fabricius, 1793) ; Bella Mapwing (below)

Hypanartia lethe  (below)

Ithomia agnosia zikani (Botanical Garden). Antonio Silveira (below)

Junonia evarete  (Botanical Garden and Ibirapuera Park ). Antonio Silveira  (below)

Lasaia agesilas agesilas  (below)

Lemonias zygia zygia  (below)

Leptotes cassius  (Cramer, 1775) (below)

Marpesia chiron  (below)

Marpesia petreus (Ibirapuera Park)  Antonio Silveira  (below)

Mechanitis polymnia casabranca (Botanical Garden). Antonio Silveira  (below)

Melanchroia aterea (Stoll, 1781) (below)

Melanchroia chephise  (Stoll, 1782)- White-tipped Black or Snowbush Spanworm  (*)

Mesosemia odice  (below)

Methona themisto (Hübner, 1818)   (below)

Myscelia orsis    (below)

Ortilia ithra  (W. F. Kirby, 1900) (below)

Panoquina evadnes (Stoll, 1781) ; Evadnes Skipper (?) (Ibirapuera Park (below)

Panoquina ocola ocola (W.H.Edwards, 1863) (Ibirapuera Park)   (below)

Parcella amarynthina (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)   (below)

Paulogramma pygas , Instituto Butantan,SP-BR-Antonio Silveira  (below)

Philaethria wernickei  (below)

Phoebis neocypris    (below)

Phoebis philea (Linnaeus, 1763)  (Ibirapuera Park) (bellow)

Pierella nereis  (below)

Phocides palemon phanias  (Brown & Mielke, 1967) (below)

Pseudolycaena marsyas (Linnaeus, 1758); Marsyas Hairstreak   (below)

Pyrgus orcus (below)

Rhetus periander periander (Cramer, 1777)  (below)

Riodina lycisca lycisca (Hewitson, [1853] (below)

Siproeta epaphus trayja  (below)

Tegosa claudina (below)

Temenis laothoe meridionalis  (below)

Urbanus dorantes   (Hewitson, 1876)  (?) (Ibirapuera Park)   (below)

 Urbanus procne (Plötz, 1881); Brown Longtail (Ibirapuera Park) (below)

Urbanus simplicius (Stoll, 1790) (Ibirapuera Park)   (?) (below)

Urbanus teleus (Hübner, 1821) (Ibirapuera Park)    (?)  (below)

 Quadrus-u-lucida (probably) (Ibirapuera Park). Antonio Silveira  (below)

Synargis calyce brennus  (below)

Vanessa braziliensis-   (Ibirapuera Park) (Moore, 1883)  (below)

Vanessa myrinna (E. Doubleday, 1849)  (below)

Xenophanes tryxus (below)

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HESPERIIDAE : in process of identification

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