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.
Atlas Moth
Attacus atlas (Atlas moth) is a large saturniid moth found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia, and is common across the Malay archipelago.
Lorquin's cobra moth
Attacus lorquinii is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in the Philippines.
Ailanthus Silkmoth
Samia cynthia (ailanthus silkmoth) is a saturniid moth, used to produce silk fabric but not as domesticated as the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The moth has very large wings of 113–125 mm, with a quarter-moon shaped spot on both the upper and lower wings, whitish and yellow stripes and brown background. There are "eyespots" on the outer fore wings.
Orizaba silkmoth
Rothschildia orizaba (orizaba silkmoth) is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Central and South America.
