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List of Butterflies and Moths Available or Previously Available in the UK Butterfly House Trade

Ongoing, feel free to contact me with omitted species and evidence of their availability past or present in the UK. Thanks, Viv.

Variable Cracker 1
Hamadryas feronia
Variable Diadem 2
Hypolimnas anthedon
Violet-spotted Charaxes 3
Charaxes violetta
Wanderer 4
Pareronia valeria
White Ringed Atlas 5
Epiphora mythimnia
White-barred Emperor 6
Charaxes brutus
White-spotted Prepona 7
Archaeoprepona amphimachus
White-tipped Cycadian 8
Eumaeus godartii
Whitened Bluewing 9
Myscelia cyaniris
Zambezi Emperor 10
Gonimbrasia zambesina
Zebra Longwing 11
Heliconius charithonia
postman 12
Heliconius melpomene
smooth-banded sister 13
Adelpha cytherea
telesiphe longwing 14
Heliconius telesiphe

Edited by Vivian Walker, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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