Butterflies of Sao Paulo Botanical Garden-SP,Brazil

 

Butterflies recorded in Sao Paulo Botanical Garden,Brazil  

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 148 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 Jordan, 1913    (below)

 

Adelpha abia (Hewitson, 1850)  (below)

Adelpha lycorias lycorias (Godart, 1824)  (below)

Adelpha malea goyama Schaus, 1902(below)

Adelpha plesaure Hübner, 1823   (below)

Adelpha serpa serpa  (below)

Adelpha syma (Godart, 1824); Syma Sister  (below)

Adelpha zea (Hewitson, 1850) (below)

 

Aeria olena Weymer, 1875 (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)

Anteros formosus (Cramer, 1777) (below)

Anthoptus insignis (Plötz, 1882)

Anthoptus epictetus (Fabricius, 1793)   (below)

Arawacus ellida (Hewitson, 1867) (below)

Arawacus meliboeus (Fabricius, 1793) ; Meliboeus Stripestreak  (below)

Archonias brassolis (Fabricius, 1776) (below)

 Ascia monuste orseis (Godart, 1819)(below)

 

Astraptes anaphus (Cramer, 1777)  probably- (below)  

Astraptes elorus (Hewitson, 1867) -probably- (below)

Astraptes fulgerator (Walch, 1775)(below)

Barbicornis basilis basilis Godart, 1824 (below)

Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758)   (below)

 

Carminda peon (Godart, 1824)  (below)

Caligo arisbe fulgens Rothschild, 1916

Chalodeta theodora (Felder & Felder, 1862), fêmea (below)

Chalodeta theodora (Felder & Felder, 1862) (below)

Charis cadytis Hewitson, 1866  (below)

  Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer, 1837) (below)

Cobalopsis nero (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)  (below)

Colobura dirce (Linnaeus, 1758)   (below)

Cyanophrys herodotus (Fabricius, 1793) (below)

Cycloglypha tisias (Godman & Salvin, 1896)  (Tisias Bent-Skipper)  (below)

Danaus erippus (Cramer, 1775)   (some consider like D.plexippus erippus )

Dasyophthalma creusa (Hübner, [1821]) (below)

Diaethria clymena meridionalis (Bates, 1864) (below)

Dione juno (Cramer, 1779)   (below)

Dircenna dero rhoeo Felder & Felder, 1860  (below)

Dynamine agacles (Dalman, 1823) (below)

Dynamine postverta postverta (Cramer, 1779), fêmea (abaixo)

Dynamine athemon (Linnaeus, 1758) (abaixo)

Dynamine tithia tithia (Hübner, 1823)  (abaixo)

Dryas iulia (Fabricius, 1775) (below)

Doxocopa kallina (Staudinger, 1886) (below) female

Doxocopa laurentia (Godart, 1824)(below)

Eantis thraso (Hübner, 1807) (below)

Heliconius erato phyllis (Fabricius, 1775)  (below)

Elkalyce cogina (Schaus, 1902)   (below)

Helias phalaenoides palpalis  (below)

Epityches eupompe (Geyer, 1832)   (below)

Emesis mandana mandana (Cramer, 1780) (below)

Enantia melite melite (Linnaeus, 1763) (below)

 Eryphanis reevesi reevesi (Doubleday, [1849])  (below)

 

Metacharis ptolomaeus (Fabricius, 1793) (below)

Eunica maja maja (Fabricius, 1775)   (below)

Eunica margarita (below)  prob.

Eurema arbela arbela Geyer, 1832 (below)

Eurema elathea flavescens (Chavanes, 1850)    (male and female) (below)

Eurybia pergaea (Geyer, 1832)   (below)

Euselasia thucydides thucydides (Fabricius, 1793)   (below)

Evenus regalis (Cramer, 1775)  (below)

Heliconius ethilla narcaea (Godart, 1819) (below)

Gorgythion begga begga (Prittwitz, 1868)   (below)

   

Hamadryas amphinome amphinome (Linnaeus, 1767)   (below)

Hamadryas februa februa (Hübner, [1823])  (below)

 

Hamadryas feronia feronia (Linnaeus, 1758)  (below)

Heliconius besckei (Ménétriés, 1857)  (below)

Heliconius ethilla narcaea Godart, 1819   (below)

Heliconius sara (Hübner, [1813])    (below)

Heliopetes alana (Reakirt, 1868) (below)

Hermeuptychia atalanta (Butler, 1867)  (below)

Hemiargus hanno hanno (Stoll, 1790)  (below)

Heraclides anchisiades capys (Hübner, [1809])   (below)

Heraclides astyalus  (Godart, 1819) (below) male (rigth and female (lefth)

  

Heraclides thoas brasiliensis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)  (below)

Hylephila phyleus phyleus (Drury, 1773    (below)

Hypanartia lethe (Fabricius, 1793)  (below)

 

Hypna clytemnestra huebneri Butler, 1866   (below)

Hypothyris ninonia daeta (Boisduval, 1836)   (below)

Ithomia agnosia zikani D’Almeida, 1940   (below)

Junonia evarete (Cramer, 1779)  (below)

Kisutam syllis (Godman & Salvin, 1887) (below)

Lasaia agesilas (Latreille, [1809])   (?) (below)

Lemonias zygia zygia Hübner, [1807]  (below)

Lychnuchus celsus (Fabricius, 1793)    (below)

 

Marpesia chiron chiron (Fabricius, 1775)   (below)

Marpesia petreus petreus (Cramer, 1776)   (below)

Mcclungia salomina  (probably) (below)

Mechanitis polymnia casabranca Haensch, 1905   (below)

Melinaea ludovica paraiya Reakirt, 1866   (below)

Memphis appias (Hübner, 1825)  (below)

Mesosemia odice (Godart, [1824])   (below)

Methona themisto (Hübner, 1818)

Miltomiges cinnamomea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

 

Mimoides protodamas (Godart, 1819)   (below)

Miltomiges cinnamomea  (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)  (below)

Monethe alphonsus  (Fabricius, 1793)   (below)

Morpho aega (Hübner, [1822])   (below)

Morpho hercules (Dalman, 1823) (below)

Myscelia orsis (Drury, 1782)   (below)  (blue= male; right= female)

   

Myscelus amystis epigona Herrich-Schäffer, 1869   (below)

Nisoniades castolus (Hewitson, 1878)

Nymphidium lisimon lisimon (Stoll, 1790)  (below)

Ocaria thales (Fabricius, 1793)   (below)

Panara soana soana Hewitson, 1875   (below)

Miltomiges cinnamomea  (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – below)

Parrhasius polibetes (Stoll, 1781)   (below)

Parides anchises nephalion  (Godart, 1819)   (below)

Paryphthimoides phronius (Godart, 1824)  (below)

Perichares seneca seneca (Latreille, 1824)

Pheraeus odilia odilia (Plötz, 1884)   prov. (below)

Philaethria wernickei (Röber, 1906)  (below)

Phoebis neocypris  Hübner, [1823]) (below)

Phoebis argante argante (Fabricius, 1775)  (below)

Placidina euryanassa (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860) (below)

Protesilaus sp (prov. Protesilaus helios)

Pseudoscada erruca (Hewitson, 1855)  (?)  (below)

Pierella nereis (Drury, 1782)  (below)

 

Phocides metrodorus metronEvans, 1952      (below)

Pterourus scamander grayi (Boisduval, 1836) (below)

Pterourus scamander grayi (Boisduval, 1836) (below)

Pyrgus orcynoides (Giacomelli, 1928) (below)

Riodina lycisca lycisca (Hewitson, [1863])  (below)

Saliana longirostris(Sepp, [1840])  prob.  (below)

Siproeta epaphus trayja (Hübner, [1823])  (below)

Sostrata cronion (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) (below)

Strephonota elika (Hewitson, 1867)  (below)

Tegosa claudina (Eschscholtz, 1821)  (below)

Temenis laothoe meridionalis Ebert, 1965 (below)

Thracides cleanthes cleanthes (Latreille, 1824)  (below)

Thepytus thyrea  (Hewitson, 1867)   (below)

Urbanus procne (Plötz, 1880)  (below)

Urbanus sp   (below)

Vanessa braziliensis (Moore, 1883)  (below)

Vettius diversa diversa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)  (below)

Xenophanes tryxus (Stoll, 1780)  (below)

Zenis jebus jebus (Plötz, 1882)

 

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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.

 

 

 

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SOME VIDEOS RECORDED BY ANTONIO SILVEIRA

Anartia amathea JdBotanicoSP Br 4 4 15 ASilveira

Anartia amathea roeselia, JdBotanicoSP-BR 14 2 2015 Antonio Silveira

Archonias brassolis,JdBotanicoSP BR 7 3 2015 Antonio Silveira

Astraptes fulgerator azul JdBotanicoSP BR 11 6 15 ASilveira

Dircenna dero rhoeo, JdBotanicoSP BR 7 3 2015 Antonio Silveira

Dircenna dero rhoeo-JdBotanicoSP-BR 6 11 2015 Antonio Silveira

Dione juno, Jardim Botânico-SP BR 30 6 2015 Antonio Silveira

Doxocopa laurentia, Jardim Botânico-SP BR 30 6 2015 Antonio Silveira

Emesis mandana mandana, Jardim Botânico-SP BR 30 6 2015 Antonio Silveira

Heliconius ethila narcaea. Jardim Botânico-SP BR 30 6 2015 Antonio Silveira

Eryphanis reevesii Jardim Botânico-SP-BR4 1 2018 Antonio Silveira

Hamadryas amphinome JdBotanicoSP BR 14 2 2015 Antonio Silveira

Hamadryas amphinome, Jd Botanico-SP BR 7 5 2015 Antonio Silveira

Heliconius sara, JdBotanicoSP Br 4 4 2015 Antonio Silveira

Heliconius sara, JdBotanicoSP BR 6 6 2015 Antonio Silveira

Heliconius erato phyllis,JD-BotanicoSP-BR 10 2 2015 Antonio Silveira

Heliconius erato phyllis-JdBotanicoSP-BR 6 11 2015 Antonio Silveira

Hypanartia lethe, Jardim Botânico-SP BR 30 6 2015 Antonio Silveira

Ithomia agnosia zikani, JdBotanicoSP BR 7 3 2015 Antonio Silveira

Ithomia agnosia-JdBotanicoSP-BR 6 11 2015 Antonio Silveira

Marpesia petreus,Jardim Botânico-SP-BR,31 10 15 Antonio Silveira

Myscelia orsis, JdBotanico-SP BR 1 5 2015 Antonio Silveira

Myscelia orsis, femea, JdBotanicoSP BR 11 6 2015 Antonio Silveira

Riodina lycisca lycisca, Jd Botanico-SP BR 7 5 2015 Antonio Silveira

Tegosa claudina, JdBotanicoSP BR 4 4 2015 Antonio Silveira

SEE more videos about butterflies in Sao Paulo Botanical garden , by Antonio Silveira

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Thaks bol. Giustavo de Mattos Accacio (#borboletas_do_brasil) for identification of several species.

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