Butterflies of Brazil
In Brazil a the great diversity of species of butterflies (about 4.300) and moths (about 23.000 species )
The observation of butterflies (Butterfly watching) is a very interesting form of recreation, not to mention that is very pleasant for those who like to be in contact with nature.
So, we decided to do a sector with records of this spetacular insects by photos and videos as follows.
The records were made mainly in the city of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil, in the Ibirapuera Park, Sao Paulo Botanical Garden and Cantareira State Park. And Serra de Itapetinga (Atibaia-SP) and Serra do Japi (Jundiai) by Antonio Silveira.
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Follow some species recorded by photos by Antonio Silveira
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Achlyodes busirus rioja Evans, 1953 (Giant Sicklewing) (below)
Achlyodes mithridates thraso (J. Hübner, [1807]) (below)
Actinote carycina Jordan, 1913 (below)
Actinote pellenea Hubner, [1821], (below)
Adelpha abia (Hewitson, 1850) (probably) (below)
Adelpha lycorias lycorias GODART, 1824 (below)
Adelpha malea goyama Schaus, 1902; (below)
Adelpha mythra (Godart, [1824]) (below)
Adelpha pleasure Hübner, 1823 (below)
Adelpha serpa serpa (Boisduval, 1836) (below)
Adelpha syma (Godart, 1823) (below)
Adelpha zea (Hewitson, 1850) (below)
Aeria olena olena. Weymer, 1875 (below)
Agraulis vanillae maculosa (Stichel, [1908]) (below)
Anartia amathea roeselia (Eschscholtz, 1821) (below)
Anartia jatrophae (Linnaeus, 1763) (below)
Anastrus sempiternus simplicior (Möschler, 1877) (below)
Anastrus obscurus Hübner, [1824] (below)
Ancyluris aulestes pandama (Saunders, 1850) (below)
Anteos clorinde (Godart, [1824]) (White Angled-Sulphur) (below)
Anteos menippe (Hübner, [1818]); Orangetip Angled-Sulphur
Anteros formosus (Cramer, [1777]) (below)
Anthopus epictetus (below)
Archonias brassolis (Fabricius, 1776) (below)
Arawacus ellida (Hewitson, 1867) (below)
Arawacus meliboeus (Fabricius, 1793) (below)
Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus, 1758) (moth) (below)
Ascia monuste orseis (Latrielle, 1818) (below)
Astraptes anaphus (Cramer, 1777) -probably- (below)
Astraptes elorus (Hewitson, 1867) -probably- (below)
Astraptes fulgerator azul (Reakirt, [1867]) (below)
Atyriodes janeira (Schaus, 1892) (below)
Barbicornis b. basilis Godart, [1824] (below)
Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758) Polydamas Swallowtail (below)
Battus p. polystictus (A. Butler, 1874) (below)
Blepolenis batea batea (Hübner, [1821]) (below)
Calycopis caulonia (Hewitson, 1877) (probably) (below)
Chalodeta chelonis (Hewitson, 1866) (below)
Charis cadytis Hewitson, 1866 (below)
Cobalopsis nero (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (below)
Catonephele numilia penthia (Hewitson, 1852) (below)
Chalodeta theodora (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862) (below)
Chlosyne lacinia GEYER, 1837 (below)
Cobalopsis nero (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869); Nero Skipper (below)
Colobura dirce (Linnaeus, 1758) (below)
Cyanophrys herodotus (Fabricius, 1793); Tropical Greenstreak (below)
Cyanopepla jucunda (Walker, 1854) (below)
Danaus erippus (Cramer, 1775); Southern Monarch (below)
Danaus gilippus (Cramer, 1776); Queen (below)
Dasyophthalma creusa (Hübner, 1821) (below)
Dasyophthalma rusina (Godart) (below)
Diaethria c. candrena (Godart, [1824]) (below)
Diaethria clymena janeira (C. Felder, 1862); (88); “eighty-eight” (below)
Dismorphia t. thermesia (Godart, 1819) (below)
Dione juno (Cramer, [1779]; Juno Longwing (below)
Dircenna dero rhoeo C. & R. Felder, 1860 (below)
Dynamine agacles (Dalman, 1823) (below)
Dynamine mylitta (Cramer, 1799) (abaixo)
Dynamine athemon (Linnaeus, 1758) (below)
Dynamine tithia salpensa (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862) ; Blue Sailor (below)
Doxocopa kallina (Staudinger, 1886) female (below)
Doxocopa laurentia (Godart, [1824]); Turquoise Emperor (below)
Dryas iulia (Fabricius, 1775); Julia Heliconian (below)
Ectima thecla thecla (Fabricius, 1796) (below)
Elkalyce cogina (Schaus, 1902) (below)
Emesis russula Stichel, 1910 (below)
Emesis mandana mandana (Cramer, 1780); Great Emesis (below)
Enantia lina psamathe (Fabricius, 1793) (below)
Epiphile orea orea (Hübner, [1823]) (below)
Epityches eupompe (Geyer 1832) (below)
Eresia lansdorfi (Godart, 1819 (below)
Eryphanis reevesii (Doubleday, 1849) (below)
Eueides isabella dianasa (Hübner, [1806]) (below)
Eunica maja maja (Fabricius, 1775) (below)
Eunica margarita (Godart, [1824]) (below)
Eurema arbela gracilis (Avinoff, 1926) (below)
Eurema e. elathea (Cramer, 1777); Banded Yellow – (male and female) (below)
Eurybia pergaea (Geyer, 1832) (below)
Euptychoides castrensis (Schaus, 1902) (below)
Euselasia thucydides thucydides (Fabricius, 1793) (below)
Evenus regalis (
Fountainea ryphea phidile (Geyer, 1837) (below)
Evenus regalis (Cramer, 1775) (below)
Godartiana muscosa (Butler, 1870) (below)
Gorgythion begga (Prittwitz, 1868) (below)
Hamadryas amphinome (Linnaeus, 1767) (below)
Hamadryas februa (Hübner, [1823]) (below)
Hamadryas feronia (Linnaeus, 1758) (below)
Heliconius besckei (Ménétriés, 1857) (below)
Heliconius erato phyllis (Fabricius, 1775) (below)
Heliconius sara (Fabricius, 1793); Sara Longwing (below)
Heliconius ethilla narcaea (Godart, 1819) (below)
Heliopetes alana (Reakirt, 1868); Alana White-Skipper (below)
Hemiargus h. hanno (Stoll, 1790); Hanno Blue (below)
Heraclides anchisiades capys – Hübner,1809 (below)
Heraclides astyalus (Godart, 1819); Broad-banded Swallowtail or Astyalus Swallowtail male (rigth and female (lefth) (below)
Heraclides thoas brasiliensis Linnaeus, 1771; Thoas Swallowtail or King Swallowtail (below)
Heraclides sp (below)
Hermeuptychia hermes FABRICIUS, 1775 (below)
Hylephila phyleus (Drury, 1773) (below)
Hypanartia bella (Fabricius, 1793) (below)
Hypanartia lethe (Fabricius, 1793) ; Orange Mapwing (below)
Hypna clytemnestra huebneri A. Butler, 1866 (below)
Hypothyris ninonia daeta (Boisduval, 1836) (below)
Ithomia agnosia zikani R.F. d’Almeida, 1940 (below)
Junonia evarete (Cramer, 1779); West Indian buckeye (below)
Lasaia agesilas agesilas (Latreille, [1809]) (prob.) (below)
Lemonias zygia zygia Hübner, [1807] (below)
Leptotes cassius (Cramer, 1775); Cassius Blue or Tropical Striped Blue (below)
Lamponia lamponia (Hewitson, 1876) (below)
Lychnuchus celsus (Fabricius, 1793) (below)
Lycorea halia discreta Haensch, 1909 (below)
Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775); Many-banded Daggerwing (below)
Marpesia petreus (Cramer, 1776); Red Daggerwing ou Ruddy Daggerwing (below)
Mcclungia salomina (Hewitson, 1855) (probably) (below)
Mechanitis polymnia casabranca Haensch, 1905 (prob.) (below)
Melanchroia aterea (Stoll, 1781) moth (below)
Melanchroia chephise (Stoll, 1782)- White-tipped Black or Snowbush Spanworm moth (below)
Melinaea ludovica paraya (Cramer, 1780) (below)
Memphis appias (Hübner, [1825]) (below)
Memphis moruus stheno (Prittwitz, 1865) (below)
Metacharis ptolomaeus (Fabricius, 1793) (below)
Methona themisto themisto (Hübner, 1818) (below)
Mesosemia odice (Godart, [1824]) (below)
Mimoides protodamas (Godart, 1819) (below)
Monethe alphonsus (Fabricius, 1793
Moneuptychia af. paeon (Godart, [1824]) (below)
Morpho aega (Hubner ,1822) (below)
Morpho epistrophus epistrophus (Fabricius, 1796) (below)
Morpho helenor (Cramer, 1776) (below)
Morpho helenor achillaena (Hübner, 1823) (below)
Myscelia orsis (Drury, 1782) (blue= male; right= female) (below)
Ocaria thales (Fabricius, 1793) ; Thales Blackstreak (below)
Ortilia ithra (W. F. Kirby, 1900) (below)
Panara s. soana Hewitson, 1875 (below)
Pantherodes leonaria Guenée, 1858 mariposa/moth (below)
Panoquina evadnes (Stoll, 1781) ; Evadnes Skipper (?) (below)
Panoquina ocola ocola (W.H.Edwards, 1863) (below)
Parides agavus (Drury, 1782) (below)
Parcella amarynthina (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865) (below)
Paulogramma pygas (Godart) (below)
Philaethria wernickei (
Pheraeus odilia odilia (Plötz, 1884) (below)
Phocides polybius phanias (BURMEISTER, 1878) (below)
Phoebis neocypris (Hübner, [1823]) (below)
Phoebis philea philea (Linnaeus, 1763) ; orange-barred sulphur (below)
Placidina euryanassa (C. & R. Felder, 1860) (below)
Protesilaus helios (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) (abaixo/below)
Pseudoscada erruca (Hewitson, 1855) (prob.) (below)
Pierella lamia chalybaea Godman, 1905 (below)
Pierella nereis (Drury, 1782) (below)
Pterourus cleotas (Gray, 1832) (below)
Pterourus scamander grayi (Boisduval, 1836) (below)
Pseudolycaena marsyas (Linnaeus, 1758) (below)
Pyrisitia nise tenella (Boisduval, 1836) (abaixo/below)
Pyrgus orcus (Stoll, 1780) ; Orcus Checkered-Skipper (below)
Pyrgus orcynoides (Giacomelli, 1928) (below)
Pythonides lancea (Hewitson, 1868) (below)
Quadrus u. u–lucida (Plötz, 1884) (probably) (below)
Rhetus periander (Cramer, [1777]) (below)
Riodina lycisca lycisca (Hewitson, [1853]) (below)
Rosthschidia (probably R.erycina) (below)
Saliana longirostris (Sepp, [1840]) ; Shy Saliana (below)
Siproeta epaphus trayja Hübner, [1823] (below)
Sostrata cronion (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) (below)
Staphylus sp (probably S. chlorocephala) (below)
Strymon ziba (Hewitson, 1868); Ziba Scrub-Hairstreak (below)
Synargis calyce brennus (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862) (below)
Stichelia bocchoris (Hewitson, 1876) (below)
Temenis laothoe meridionalis Hübner, [1819] (below)
Tegosa claudina (Eschscholtz, 1821) ; Claudina Crescent (below)
Vanessa braziliensis (Moore, 1883); Brazilian painted lady (below)
Vanessa myrinna (Doubleday, 1849) (below)
Urbanus dorantes dorantes (Stoll, 1790) (below)
Urbanus procne (Plötz, 1881); Brown Longtail (prob.) (below)
Urbanus proteus proteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Urbanus simplicius (Stoll, 1790) (below)
Urbanus teleus (Hübner, 1821) (below)
Vettius diversa diversa. (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869); Diversa Skipper (below)
Vettius lafrenaye lafrenaye (Latreille, [1824]) (prob.)
Xenophanes tryxus (Stoll, 1780) (below)
Yphthimoides ochracea (A. Butler, 1867) (below)
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Some caterpillars
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SOME RECORDED VIDEOS OF BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS ( BY ANTONIO SILVEIRA) (click here)
and: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/AUltimaArcadeNoe/videos
Antonio Silveira: 04-2-2015. last update- 29-12-2015 and 03-12-2017. 22-7-2018. 29-7-2018. 01-8-2018. 02-4-2019. 23-4-2019
