Lepidoptera – butterflies
The Lepidoptera order consists of butterflies and moths. They are oviparous insects including caterpillars come out and turn into pupa or chrysalis, which become the adult or imago insect, known like butterflies or moths.
Are insects that delight people by their impressive transformations (metamorphosis) and the beauty of adults by their colors and graceful flights.
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.
Here we present some of our records of these wonderful insects, with finalidad to help and encourage their observation and preservation. by Antonio Silveira.
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BUTTERFLY WATCHING / OBSERVAÇÃO DE BORBOLETAS
– Observando borboletas no Sertão de Mongaguá,SP,Brasil. 2020;. Por Antonio Silveira, Gustavo de Mattos Acaccio e Ricardo Costa.
– Observando borboletas no Campus USP, SP capital, Brasil, 08-3-2020, por Antonio Silveira, Gustavo Accacio e Ricardo Costa
– Registros de borboletas/ Butterfly records
–Butterfly watching in Serra de Itapetinga, Atibaia-SP,Brazil, 2 May 2015
– Butterfly watching in Serra de Itapetinga,Atibaia-SP, Brazil, October 2015.
– Butterfly-watching in Misiones,Argentina, April 2015, by Antonio Silveira.
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LISTA DE BORBOLETAS POR LOCALIDADES
– Lista geral de borboletas do Brasil / Butterflies of Brazil list
– Lista de algumas Borboletas do Brasil / Some Butterflies of Brazil
– Lista de borboletas da cidade de São Paulo/ Butterflies of Sao Paulo city
– Lista de borboletas do Parque do Ibirapuera-SP,Brasil/ Butterflies of Ibirapuera Park, SP,Brazil
– Lista de borboletas do Jardim Botânico de São Paulo-Brasil / Butterflies of Sao Paulo Botanical Garden, Brazil
– Lista de borboletas da Serra de Itapetinga, Atibaia,SP, Brasil.
– Lista das borboletas observadas na Serra do Japi, Jundiaí,SP, BR
– Butterflies List of Aruba (Caribbean)
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OUTROS / OTHERS
– Butterfly watching
– Jardim das Borboletas / Butterfly garden
– Taturanas venenosas
– Espécies de borboletas do gênero Adelpha (Lepidoptera) que ocorrem no Brasil
– Espécies de borboletas do gênero Morpho Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidopetera, Nymphalidae, Morphinae) que ocorrem no Brasil.
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SOME SPECIES:
– Adelpha abia (Hewitson, 1850); abia Hewitson 1850
– Anartia amathea roeselia (Eschscholtz, 1821)
– Evenus regalis (Cramer, 1775) Regal Hairstreak
– Mimoides protodamas (Godart, 1819)
– Siproeta epaphus trayja Hübner, [1823]
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SOME VIDEOS, by Antonio Silveira
– YOUTUBE: Butterflies videos Antonio Silveira
– Borboletas/ Butterflies- Videos by Antonio Silveira
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AGRADECIMENTOS aos amigos Ricardo Costa (@rickprcosta) e Gustavo de Mattos Accacio (@borboletas_do_brasil) pelas colaborações em revisões e/ou sugestões em listas e a companhia em trabalhos de campo. 28-6-2020.
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Antonio Silveira: 05-07-2015. last update: 02-11-2015. 24/8/2016. 03-11-2016. 10-3-2020. 08-4-2020. 15-4-2020. 26-6-2020. 28-6-2020. 28-6-2020.
