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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.

Achilles morpho 1
Morpho achilles
Angled Castor 2
Ariadne ariadne
Angola White Lady 3
Graphium angolanus
Ascia limona
Australian Lurcher 4
Yoma sabina
Autumn Leaf 5
Doleschallia bisaltide
Banded Orange Heliconian 6
Dryadula phaetusa
Banded Owl-Butterfly 7
Caligo atreus
Banded Peacock 8
Anartia fatima
Belus Swallowtail 9
Battus belus
Black Rose 2
Pachliopta antiphus
Black Swallowtail 10
Papilio polyxenes
Black Swordtail 11
Graphium colonna
Black-and-white Helen Swallowtail 2
Papilio nephelus
Black-bordered Charaxes 12
Charaxes pollux
Black-tipped Archduke 13
Lexias dirtea
Blomfild's Beauty 14
Smyrna blomfildia
Blue Admiral 15
Kaniska canace
Blue Monarch 16
Tirumala petiverana
Blue Spangled Charaxes 17
Charaxes guderiana
Blue Tiger 18
Tirumala limniace
Blue-frosted Banner 16
Catonephele numilia
Blue-spotted Charaxes 11
Charaxes cithaeron
Brassolis isthmia 19
Caligo bellerophon 20
Catonephele nyctimus 21
Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger 22
Ideopsis similis
Charaxes saturnus 23
Charaxes tiberius 24
Chocolate Pansy 2
Junonia iphita
Citrus Swallowtail 25
Papilio demodocus
Clipper 26
Parthenos sylvia
Clouded Mother-of-Pearl 27
Protogoniomorpha anacardii
Coastal Swordtail 28
Graphium porthaon
Colour Sergeant 13
Athyma nefte
Common Crow Butterfly 29
Euploea core
Common Earl 30
Tanaecia julii
Common Grass Yellow 31
Eurema hecabe
Common Jay 32
Graphium doson
Common Mime Swallowtail 33
Papilio clytia
Common Mormon Swallowtail 34
Papilio polytes
Common Morpho 35
Morpho helenor
Common Mother-of-Pearl 12
Protogoniomorpha parhassus
Common Mother-of-Pearl 12
Protogoniomorpha parhassus
Common Nawab 36
Polyura athamas
Common Palmfly 37
Elymnias hypermnestra
Common Rose Swallowtail 31
Pachliopta aristolochiae
Common Sailer 38
Neptis hylas
Common Sergeant 39
Athyma perius
Common Tiger Butterfly 40
Danaus genutia
Confusa Tigerwing 41
Methona confusa
Constantine's Swallowtail 42
Papilio constantinus
Crassus Swallowtail 43
Battus crassus
Cream-spotted Tigerwing 44
Tithorea tarricina
Cydno Longwing 45
Heliconius cydno
Dark Blue Tiger Butterfly 46
Tirumala septentrionis
Dark Owl-Butterfly 47
Caligo brasiliensis
Dark blue pansy 48
Junonia oenone
Dirce Beauty 49
Colobura dirce
Doris Longwing 50
Heliconius doris
Dusky Owl-Butterfly 51
Caligo illioneus
Eastern Giant Swallowtail 52
Papilio cresphontes
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 53
Papilio glaucus
Eastern White Lady 54
Graphium philonoe
Emerald Peacock Swallowtail 2
Papilio palinurus
Emperor Swallowtail 55
Papilio ophidicephalus
Eryphanis automedon 56
False zebra longwing 57
Heliconius atthis
Flame-bordered Emperor 58
Charaxes protoclea
Forest Queen 59
Charaxes wakefieldi
Forest Queen 59
Charaxes wakefieldi
Forest giant owl 60
Caligo eurilochus
Gaudy Checkerspot 61
Chlosyne gaudialis
Gaudy Commodore 62
Precis octavia
Giant Charaxes 24
Charaxes castor
Gold-banded Forester 11
Euphaedra neophron
Gray Cracker 9
Hamadryas februa
Great Eggfly 63
Hypolimnas bolina
Great Mormon Swallowtail 64
Papilio memnon
Great Orange Tip 40
Hebomoia glaucippe
Great Yellow Mormon Swallowtail 42
Papilio lowii
Green-veined Charaxes 65
Charaxes candiope
Grey Glassy Tiger 66
Ideopsis juventa
Grey Pansy 67
Junonia atlites
Guatemalan Catone 68
Catonephele mexicana
Harmonia Tigerwing 69
Tithorea harmonia
Heliconius hewitsoni 70
Heliconius himera 71
Heliconius sapho 72
Hipponous swallowtail 73
Papilio hipponous
Intermediate Bushbrown 13
Mycalesis intermedia
Iphidamas Cattleheart 74
Parides iphidamas
Isabella's Longwing 75
Eueides isabella
Ismenius tiger 76
Heliconius ismenius
Julia Heliconian 68
Dryas iulia
Juno Silverspot 77
Dione juno
Large Striped Swordtail 55
Graphium antheus
Lemon Migrant 78
Catopsilia pomona
Lemon Pansy 79
Junonia lemonias
Leopard Lacewing Butterfly 2
Cethosia cyane

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