Censos Borboletas de Portugal 
The butterfly monitoring in Portugal is coordinated by Tagis - Centro de Conservação das Borboletas de Portugal 
- Website information: http://www.tagis.pt/censos-borboletas-de-portugal.html
- Facebook Page: TAGIS - Centro de Conservação das Borboletas de Portugal
- Contact: Before registering a new transect, contact the main coordinator, through censosborboletasdeportugal@gmail.com This will help you to choose a good transect and will provide tips for identifying the butterflies
Monitoring butterflies is an important activity that helps us to know the status of the butterflies species and work for their conservation where it is necessary.
Counting butterflies you protect them!
Videos of Butterflies:
Watch the video "Counting butterflies in Parque Ambiental de Sta Margarida" to see the transect method
Video: episode 7, group of insects, the butterflies and moths (Order Lepidoptera)
More videos in Tagis Youtube channel!
- General Introduction Butterflies Portugal
- Family Hesperiidae, Portugal
- Family Papilionidae and Pieridae, Portugal
- Family Lycaenidae, Portugal
- Family Nymphalidae, Portugal
- Family Nymphalidae: Satyrinae, Portugal
Materials
Transect Manual
Transect counts are the main method used in the European Butterfly Monitoring Schemes. You can download the Manual for Butterfly Transect Count to learn how to use this method. In this Manual, you will find useful information about monitoring butterflies with the transects including how to select a place to monitor, where to set up your transect route, which simple rules to follow for a transect visit, and how to submit your records.
- Download the Field Sheet (pdf English) for registering your data on the field
Guide eBMS
Download the guide here (in English) to access the details of the methodology and how to create transects on eBMS (note that some elements of the guide will be changed when the site is complete).
Brochure Common SpeciesContinental Portugal
This guide illustrates 60 common species of butterflies in mainland Portugal. It is a great help for those who are starting to identify butterflies and want to participate in the Butterfly Census of Portugal. This leaflet was produced by the ABLE project in partnership with Tagis - Butterfly Conservation Center of Portugal.
Enjoy the Field Guide!
Field Guide Madeira
A field guide to identify 18 butterfly species occurring in Madeira, including 4 endemic species. This Guide aims to be useful for identifying butterflies in the field in an easy and simple way for citizens. Also, this Guide includes an explanation of the methodologies to monitor butterflies (transects and 15-min Counts).
You can download the pdf directly to your device or print it directly (select the booklet option in the printer):
Butterfly Identification Guide from the European Butterfly Group
- You can find on the website of the European Butterfly Group, many different butterfly identification guides per group of species: Pieris (Whites), Small Fritillaries (Euphydryas) or Brimstones (Gonepteryx)
- Also you can find another interesting resource on this website: Butterflies of the Iberian Peninsula by Paul R. G. Browning a revised version contains a lot of information covering Portugal and Spain butterflies. You can download the pdf here (in English).
Thank you to all the volunteers that make possible the Portuguese BMS. Picture from the 1st National Workshop of the Portuguese BMS
More information at: censosborboletasdeportugal@gmail.com