A variant title of Souto's work, this piece maintains the same lighthearted and rhythmically driven character. It serves as a fine example of Brazilian parlor music.
Maintain consistent tempo and articulation across the repeated rhythmic patterns.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Borboletas azuis is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 3 — meaning you can already play level 2–3 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Borboletas azuis lasts about 2 minutes.
Borboletas azuis is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Borboletas azues by Eduardo Souto, Bandeirantes: marcha-ragtime by Eduardo Souto, Bandeirantes by Eduardo Souto — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.