moths of Botanical garden of São Paulo

Butterflies of Sao Paulo Botanical Garden-SP,Brazil

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Butterflies recorded in Sao Paulo Botanical Garden,Brazil

(Borboletas registradas no Jardim Botânico de São Paulo)

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, and importants state park 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 and Botanical Garden 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).

The Botanical Garden of São Paulo is located in the southern part of the city and has an area of 360 000 m2 , for public visitation. Is inserted in the Fountains at the Ipiranga State Park , which has a total of 575 hectares.

Apart from a botanical museum, gardens and greenhouses , the Botanical Garden has one of the most important urban green areas of the capital , which still retains the remaining Atlantic Forest vegetation . There are some lakes , ponds and trails , and the most accessible to the public to track the sources of the Ipiranga creek , where there is a suspended walkway about 360 feet into the Atlantic, and the Trail of land that it goes through a secondary forest rich in bamboo .

For this variety of habitats , the Botanical Garden of São Paulo is a good spot for bird watching ( birding or birdwatching ) and Butterfley-watching, so I decided to make a list of butterflies to help those interested who visit looking for their butterflies (and moths), and, of course, to witness a beautiful landscape of its flora . by Antonio Silveira

(Recorded and identified by now: about 114 species)

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Follows the alphabetical listing of butterfly (and moths) species recorded by us in the São Paulo Botanical Garden. by Antonio Silveira.

Actinote carycina (below)

Actinote pellenea (below)

Adelpha abia (probably) (below)

Adelpha isis (Drury, 1782) (below)

Adelpha malea goyama (below)

Adelpha mythra (below)

Adelpha syma ; Syma Sister (below)

Adelpha zea (below)

Aeria olena olena (below)

Anartia amathea roeselia (below)

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Anartia jatrophae (below)

Ancyluris aulestes pandama (below)

Anteos clorinde (White Angled-Sulphur) (below)

Archonias brassolis (below)

Arawacus dolylas ; Dolylas Hairstreak (below)

Arawacus meliboeus ; Meliboeus Stripestreak (below)

Ascalapha odorata (moth) (below)

Ascia monuste orseis (below)

Astraptes anaphus (below)

Astraptes elorus -probably- (below)

Astraptes fulgerator azul (below)

Atyriodes janeira mariposa/moth (abaixo)

Barbicornis b. basilis (below)

Battus polydama (below)

Battus polystictus

Calycopis caulonia (probably) (below)

Chalodeta theodora (below)

Chlosyne lacinia (below)

Colobura dirce (below)

Danaus erippus (some consider like D.plexippus erippus )

Dasyophthalma creusa (below)

Diaethria clymena janeira

Dione juno (below)

Dircenna dero rhoeo (below)

Dynamine agacles (below)

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Dynamine mylitta (abaixo)

Dynamine athemon (abaixo)

Dynamine tithia salpensa (abaixo)

Dryas iulia (below)

Doxocopa kallina (below) female

Doxocopa laurentia (below)

Dynamine mylitta (female) (below)

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Emesis mandana mandana (below)

Enantia lina psamathe (below)

Epityches eupompe (below)

Eresia lansdorfi (below)

Eueides isabella dianasa (below)

Eunica margarita (below)

Eurema arbela gracilis (below)

Eurema elathea (male and female) (below)

Eurybia pergaea (below)

Euselasia thucydides (below)

Evenus regalis (below)

Hamadryas amphinome (below)

Hamadryas februa (below)

Hamadryas feronia (below)

Heliconius erato phyllis (below)

Heliconius ethilla (below)

Heliconius sara (below)

Heliopetes alana (below)

Hermeuptychia hermes (below)

Hemiargus hanno (below)

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Heraclides achisiades capys (below)

Heraclides astyalus (below) male (rigth and female (lefth)

Heraclides thoas brasiliensis (below)

Hylephila phyleus phyleus (below)

Hypanartia lethe (below)

Hypna clytemnestra huebneri (below)

Hypothyris ninonia daeta (below)

Ithomia agnosia zikani (below)

Junonia evarete (below)

Lasaia agesilas agesilas (?) (below)

Lemonias zygia zygia (below)

Marpesia chiron (below)

Marpesia petreus (below)

Mcclungia salomina (probably) (below)

Mechanitis polymnia casabranca (?) (below)

Melinaea ludovica paraya (below)

Memphis appias (below)

Mesosemia odice (below)

Mimoides protodamas (below)

Methona themisto

Morpho aega (below)

Myscelia orsis (below) (blue= male; right= female)

Ocaria thales (below)

Panara soana (below)

Pantherodes leonaria (below) mariposa/moth

Panoquina sp (three species – below)

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Philaethria wernickei (below)

Phoebis neocypris (below)

Phoebis philea philea (below)

Protesilaus sp (prov. Protesilaus helios)

Pseudoscada erruca (?) (below)

Pierella nereis (below)

Phocides polybius phanias (below)

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Pterourus cleota (below)

Pterourus scamander grayi (below)

Pyrgus orcus (below)

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

Riodina lycisca lycisca (below)

Siproeta epaphus trayja (below)

Sostrata cronion (below)

Synargis calyce brennus (below)

Temenis laothoe meridionalis (below)

Tegosa claudina (below)

Urbanus sp (below)

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Vanessa braziliensis (below)

Yphthimoides sp (below)

Xenophanes tryxus (below)

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HESPERIIDAE : in process of identification

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Outras (others) para identificar (to identifiction):

Mariposas para identificar ? moths to identification:

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Obs: (probable occurrence) because it was recorded by the author in other green areas of the city of Sao Paulo but not have registered for the botanical garden yet, but probable for this local.

All photos by Antonio Silveira

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The author in Botanical Garden area.