Insect Stamp of Brazil

Brazil is a large country of the fifth place world holding a half of South America, and the Amazon of full length 6,240km flows through the northern part to the east from the west, and Brazilian Takahara occupies more than 60% of a country. I was governed by Portugal after 1500 and because Napoleon invaded and attacked in an own country in 1808, the Portugal Royal Family sheltered in Brazil and did Rio de Janeiro with a capital. The Crown Prince that the return home back of the Portugal Royal Family settled on Brazil in 1822 declares independence, and I shift to republican form of government in 1889, and the existing Cardoso President is born in 1995. It is an industrial country Central and South America's best in an agriculture large country of world's best coffee production, and the auto industry in particular is prosperous.
Two kinds of insect stamps were issued from Brazil in 1971, and two kinds of insect stamps were issued in 1987, and two kinds of insect stamps were issued in 1993. The insect of the South America specialties, such as Alligator Bug and Hercules Beetle, is taken up.
Four kinds of ant stamps were issued in 2013.
Six kinds of bee stamps were issued in 2015.

Federative Republic of Brazil
1971.4.28 Normal Stamp
Menelaus Morpho
Morpho menelaus
(Morphodae)
Thoas Swallowtail
Papilio thoas
(Papilionidae)


1987.7.17 Normal Stamp
Praying Mantid
Zoolea lopiceps
(Mantidae)
Alligator Bug
Fulgora servillei
(Fulgoridae)


1993.6.5 Normal Stamp
Hercules Beetle
Dynastes hercules
(Scarabaeidae)
Batus Longhorn Beetle
Batus barbicornis
(Cerambycidae)


2013.6.5 Ant Stamp
Weaver Ant
Camponotus senex textor
(Formicidae)
Trap Jaw Ant
Odontomachus bauri
(Formicidae)
Brown Leaf-cutter Ant
Atta sexdens
(Formicidae)
Red Imported Fire Ant
Solenopsis saevissima
(Formicidae)


2015.5.22 Bee Stamps
Stingless Bee
Paratrigona lineata
(Apidae)
Small Stingless Bee
Plebeia floracinata
(Apidae)
Stingless Bee
Melipona subnitida
(Apidae)
Stingless Bee
Melipona ruficrus
(Apidae)
Stingless Bee
Melipona quinquefasciata
(Apidae)
Stingless Bee
Nannorrigona restaccicornis
(Apidae)


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