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Butterflies

Over 100 species of exotic butterfly call the Cockrell Butterfly Center home. These beauties are imported in their chrysalis stage from farms in tropical countries around the world – El Salvador, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Suriname in the New World, and Malaysia and the Philippines in Asia. We import about 1000 butterflies a week, to maintain about 1500-2000 butterflies flying in the Center. Click on the images below to learn more about just a few of the species you can see when you visit the Center.

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The Julia Butterfly
Dryas iulia
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Longwing Butterfly
Heliconius spp.
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Rice Paper Butterfly
Idea leuconoe
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Blue Morpho
Morpho peleides
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Atlas Moth
Attacus atlas
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Blue & Brown Clipper Butterfly
Parthenos sylvia
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Red Peacock Butterfly
Anartia amathea
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Green Triangle Kite Butterfly
Graphium agamemnon
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Thoas Swallowtail
Papilio thoas
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Pink Rose Swallowtail
Pachliopta kotzebuea
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Blue Wave Butterfly
Myscelia cyaniris
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Owl Butterfly
Caligo spp.
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