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Approximately 26 thousand species of Lepidoptera are known in Brazil.

In Brazil, probably, the Atlantic Forest, with all its extension from the Northeast to the South, along the Brazilian coast, and going inland, mainly in the Southeast and South, to the borders with Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina, is the biome with more butterfly species, with about 2,750 species.

Rio Grande do Sul is considered the paradise of butterflies in Brazil.

Listagem de espécies de Lepidópteros no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. (Lista incompleta)

List of Lepidopteros species in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. (Incomplete list)

Hesperiidae

  1. Aguna sp

  2. Chiomara asychis

  3. Chioides catillus

  4. Gesta gesta

  5. Gorgythion begga

  6. Hylephila phyleus

  7. Heliopete omrina

  8. Heliopetes alana

  9. Heliopetes arsalte

  10. Heliopyrgus domicella

  11. Mimoniades versicolor

  12. Mylon pelopidas

  13. Nyctelius nyctelius

  14. Pellicia costimaculata

  15. Proteides mercurius

  16. Phocides palemon phanias

  17. Pyrrhopyge charybdis

  18. Pyrgus orcus

  19. Pyrgus orcynoides

  20. Spicauda procne

  21. Saturnus metonidia

  22. Telemiades laogonus

  23. Typhedanus undulatus

  24. Urbanus teleus

  25. Urbanus proteus

  26. Urbanus dorantes

  27. Urbanus simplicius

  28. Vehilius inca

  29. Xenophanes tryxus

  30. Zonia zonia diabo

Pieridae

    1. Ascia monuste

    2. Ascia monuste orseis

    3. Anteos menippe

    4. Anteos clorinde

    5. Aphrissa statira

    6. Colias lesbia lesbia

    7. Dismorphia amphiona astynome

    8. Eurema elathea

    9. Eurema albula

    10. Eurema deva

    11. Eurema agave

    12. Eurema arbela

    13. Enantia lina

    14. Eurema leuce

    15. Eurema albula

    16. Glutophrissa drusilla

    17. Melete lycimnia

    18. Melete aelia paulista

    19. Phoebis philea

    20. Phoebis neocypris

    21. Phoebis sennae

    22. Phoebis sennae marcellina

    23. Phoebis argante

    24. Pyrisitia nise

    25. Pyrisitia nise tenella

    26. Perrhybris pamela

    27. Pyrisitia leuce

    28. Pieriballia viardi mandela

    29. Pseudopieris nehemia

    30. Rhabdodryas trite

Lycaenidae

  1. Arawacus ellida

  2. Cyanophrys herodotus

  3. Hemiargus hanno

  4. Hemiargus ceraunus

  5. Kisutam syllis

  6. Leptotes cassius

  7. Nicolaea cupa

  8. Pseudolycaenas marsyas

  9. Rekoa palegon

  10. Rekoa meton

  11. Strymon astiocha

  12. Strymon bazochii

  13. Strymon eurytulus

  14. Strymon rana

  15. Strymon megarus

  16. Strymon istapa istapa

  17. Strymon mulucha

  18. Strymon cestri

  19. Strephonota cyllarissus

Riodinidae

  1. Calephelis sp

  2. Chorinea licursis

  3. Cremna thasus

  4. Emesis russula

  5. Lasaia agesilas

  6. Nymphidium lisimon

  7. Mesosemia odice

  8. Mesosemia marisa

  9. Rhetus arcius

  10. Rhetus periander

  11. Stalachtis phlegia

  12. Syrmatia nyx

Arctiidae

Crambidae

Choureutidae

Erebidae

Epipleminae

Geometridae

Heliodinidae

Limacodidae

Noctuidae

Pterophoridae

Psychidae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

Sphingidae

Papilionidae

  1. Battus polystictus

  2. Battus polydamas

  3. Euryades corethrus

  4. Heraclides thoas brasiliensis

  5. Heraclides anchisiades capys

  6. Heraclides anchisiades

  7. Heraclides androgeus laodocus

  8. Heraclides hectorides

  9. Heraclides astyalus

  10. Heraclides torquatus

  11. Mimoides protodamas

  12. Neographium asius

  13. Neographium agesilaus autosilaus

  14. Pterourus cleotas

  15. Pterourus scamander

  16. Parides ascanius

  17. Parides neophilus

  18. Parides bunichus

  19. Parides burchellanus

  20. Parides agavus

  21. Protesilaus telesilaus

  22. Protesilaus stenodesmus

Nymphalidae

    1. Actinote discrepans

    2. Actinote pellenea

    3. Actinote carycina

    4. Adelpha syma

    5. Adelpha zea

    6. Adelpha plesaure

    7. Aeria olena olena

    8. Anartia jatrophae

    9. Anartia amathea

    10. Agrias claudia Plantas Hospedeiras: Quina glaziovii

    11. Agraulis vanillae

    12. Archaeoprepona demophon

    13. Archaeoprepona meander

    14. Biblis hyperia

    15. Blepolenis batea

    16. Brassolis astyra

    17. Brassolis sophorae

    18. Callicore astarte

    19. Callicore sorana

    20. Callicore hydaspes

    21. Caligo illioneus

    22. Caligo beltrao

    23. Caligo arisbe

    24. Capronnieria galesus

    25. Carminda paeon

    26. Catonephele numilia penthia

    27. Catoblepia berecynthia unditaenia

    28. Chlosyne lacinia

    29. Cissia penelope

    30. Cissia eous

    31. Consul fabius

    32. Colobura dirce

    33. Cybdelis phaesyla

    34. Danaus plexippus erippus

    35. Danaus plexippus

    36. Dannaus gillipus

    37. Dynastor napoleon

    38. Dircenna dero rhoeo

    39. Diaethria clymena

    40. Diaethria candrena

    41. Dynamine agacles

    42. Dynamine postverta

    43. Dynamine tithia

    44. Dione juno

    45. Dryas iulia

    46. Dryadula phaetusa

    47. Dione moneta

    48. Doxocopa kallina

    49. Doxocopa laurentia

    50. Dasyophthalma creusa

    51. Dasyophthalma rusina

    52. Eunica eburnea

    53. Eunica malvina

    54. Eunica tatila

    55. Eunica tatila bellaria

    56. Eunica maja maja

    57. Eunica bechina magnipunctata

    58. Eueides isabella dianasa

    59. Euptoieta hegesia

    60. Epityches eupompe

    61. Epiphile orea

    62. Episcada carcinia

    63. Episcada hymenaea hymenaea

    64. Eresia lansdorfi

    65. Eryphanis reevesii

    66. Eryphanis automedon

    67. Fountainea halice

    68. Fountainea ryphea

    69. Hamadryas arete

    70. Hamadryas amphinome

    71. Hamadryas februa

    72. Hamadryas feronia

    73. Hamadryas fornax

    74. Haematera pyrame

    75. Heliconius erato phyllis

    76. Heliconius ethilla narcaea

    77. Heliconius melpomene

    78. Heliconius sara

    79. Heliconius wallacei

    80. Heterosais edessa

    81. Hermeuptychia hermes

    82. Historis odius

    83. Hypanartia bella

    84. Hypoleria lavinia

    85. Hypothyris euclea

    86. Hypothyris ninonia

    87. Ithomia drymo

    88. Ithomia agnosia zikani

    89. Junonia evarete

    90. Libytheana carinenta

    91. Lycorea halia

    92. Moneuptychia umuarama

    93. Marpesia petreus

    94. Mechanitis lysimnia

    95. Mechanitis polymnia casabranca

    96. Methona themisto

    97. Morpho achilles

    98. Morpho aega

    99. Morpho anaxibia

    100. Morpho menelaus

    101. Morpho deidamia

    102. Morpho epistrophus

    103. Morpho helenor

    104. Morpho portis

    105. Morpho rhetenor

    106. Myscelia orsis

    107. Memphis appias

    108. Mcclungia cymo salonina

    109. Narope cyllarus

    110. Narope panniculus

    111. Napeocles jucunda

    112. Nessaea obrinus

    113. Nica flavilla

    114. Opsiphanes invirae

    115. Opsiphanes quiteria

    116. Opsiphanes cassiae

    117. Opoptera syme

    118. Opoptera sulcius

    119. Opoptera fruhstorferi

    120. Opoptera aorsa

    121. Ortilia ithra

    122. Philaethria wernickei

    123. Prepona pylene

    124. Placidina euryanassa

    125. Prepona laertes

    126. Prepona pheridamas

    127. Pierella nereis

    128. Pierella lena

    129. Pierella lamia

    130. Pseudoscada erruca

    131. Paulogramma pyracmon

    132. Pyrrhogyra neaerea

    133. Pteronymia carlia

    134. Pareuptychia ocirrhoe interjecta

    135. Siproeta stelenes

    136. Siproeta trayja

    137. Sais rosalia

    138. Selenophanes cassiope

    139. Smyrna blomfildia

    140. Tithorea harmonia caissara

    141. Tithorea harmonia pseudethra

    142. Taygetis laches

    143. Tegosa claudina

    144. Temenis laothoe

    145. Temenis pulchra

    146. Thyridia psidii

    147. Vanessa braziliensis

    148. Vanessa myrinna

    149. Zaretis itys