3. Green Lesson aims
• Enhance and protect species and habitats
characteristic of the region;
• Develop environmental and cultural awareness and
respect;
• Recognize butterflies as an important environmental
quality;
• Know and disclose some species of butterflies, flora
and fauna of the region, contributing to the
monitoring of its biodiversity;
• Increase knowledge about the Portuguese butterflies
exploring their life cycles and sharing the information
with other European countries;
• Establish associations between butterflies and flora of
the region.
4. Green Lesson
Please bring:
- Comfortable clothes and shoes;
- Cap/hat
- Water
- Sun protector
- Pen or pencil/observation worksheet
- “Bring your own devices” (photos,
record)
13. Diurnal vs. Nocturnal
• Antennas clubs
• In rest position closes its wings
vertically above your body,
staying visible to the bottom of
the wings
• Antennas with several
Forms (feathery,
filiform, etc.)
• In the rest position the wings are
horizontally or forming a kind of
"roof" over the body, making
visible the upper wings
14. Curiosities
• The largest Butterfly in
Portugal is the
“Charaxius jasius” - the
butterfly of the
strawberry tree.
16. In the Group of the Lepidoptera, the monarch butterfly (Danaus
plexippus), is one that has a larger capacity and migratory long
distances between the breeding area in the Canadian Summer and
overwintering area in Mexico!. In addition to seasonal migration the
Monarch has arrived also to Europe, and settled in some places.
18. Iphiclides feisthamelii
• Flies from February to
December
• Host plant: Blackthorn,
peach and Pear
• Caterpillar has
osmeterium which
displays when
threatened.
• By the reduction of
habitats the species
took refuge in orchards
19. Pieris brassicae(big cabbage butterfly)
• Flies from January to
December
• Host plant: cabbages
and turnips
• Can be pests
• Eggs laid in numerous
groups
• Individuals who are born
in summer are migratory
species
• Most species are
adapted to urban
environments
20. Pieris rapae (small cabbage butterfly)
• Flies from February
to November
• Host plant:
cabbages and
turnips
• Eggs laid singly on
the underside of
leaves
• Habitat: cultivated
fields and meadows
in bloom
21. Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral)
• Flies from January to
December
• Host plant: nettle
• Practice hill-topping
• The Caterpillar
builds individual
nests uniting leaves
with silk yarn
22. Vanessa Cardui
• Flies March through
October
• Host plant: Thistles,
acanthus-bastard,
loves, mauve and
nettles
• Chrysalis is sensitive
to cold
23. Inachios io (diurnal peacock)
• Flies from July to
may of the
following year
• Host plant: nettle
• The Caterpillar is
gregarious
• The adult hibernates
in rustic
constructions, flying
on sunny days in
winter
24. Pararge aegeria (malhadinha)
• Flies from January to
December
• Host plant: various
grasses
• Daytime and nighttime
while small Caterpillar
in order of growth
• The male is territorial
and rarely leaves his
observation post
25. Maniola jurtina (medlar butterfly)
• Flies from March to
October
• Host plant: grasses
• Caterpillar feeds on
down to the last
day changes,
passing then to be
nocturnal
27. Saturnia pyri (nocturne peacock)
• Flies from March to
June
• Host plant: Apple
trees, pear trees,
peach trees, ash,
willow and Poplar
• Can be in the
cocoon about
three years