Butterfly watching in Serra de Itapetinga, Atibaia, SP, Brazil, October 2015

  

On October,3, 2015, we were (Antonio Silveira and Renato Oliveira) in the “Serra de Itapetinga” in the municipality of Atibaia, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, more exactly in the area of “Reserva Ecológica do Vuna” to observe birds  for the Project Birdlist by Location, and butterflies w.

We recorded many species. Some species were able to identify as follow. By Antonio Silveira.

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Butterflies and Moths recorded.

Agraulis vanillae maculosa (Stichel, [1908])

Anartia amathea roeselia  (Eschscholtz, 1821) (below)

Charis cadytis Hewitson, 1866  (below)

Cyanopepla jucunda (Walker, 1854)  (below)

Danaus gillipus  (Cramer, 1775)     (below)

Dismorphia t. thermesia (Godart, 1819)  (below)

 

Dryas iulia alcionea (Cramer, 1779)   (below)

Eryphanis r. reevesii (E. Doubleday, [1849])  (below)

Eurema elathea flavescens  (Chavannes, 1850)

Godartiana muscosa (A. Butler, 1870)   (below)

Heliconius erato phyllis (Fabricius, 1775)  (below)

Heterusia conflictata Guenée, 1858

Heterusia quadruplicaria Geyer 1832   (below)

Mechanitis l. lysimnia (Fabricius, 1793)  (below)

Mechanitis polymnia casabranca Haensch, 1905

Staphylus sp  (probably S. chlorocephala)  (below)

Xenophanes tryxus (Stoll, 1780)  (below)

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Some species is in identification process.

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Photos by Antonio Silveira.

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Thanks:

Thanks biol. Renato Oliveira (photo above) by the company in field and collaboration of identification of  species.

And thanks Marcio proper of Pousada Águas do Vale, Atibaia, for the logistical support.

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Antonio Silveira: 05-10-2015. last update: 06-10-2015