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.
Palm King
Amathusia phidippus, the palmking, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia. It belongs to the Satyrinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies.
Banded Owl-Butterfly
Caligo atreus, the yellow-edged giant owl, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. The species can be found from Mexico to Peru.
Forest giant owl
Caligo eurilochus, the forest giant owl, is an owl butterfly (tribe Brassolini of nymphalid subfamily Morphinae) ranging from Mexico, through Central America, to the Amazon River basin in South America. The type locality is Suriname.
Dark Owl-Butterfly
Caligo brasiliensis, the Brazilian owl, sulanus owl, or almond-eyed owl, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. The species can be found in most of South America as various subspecies, including Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. Its range extends through Trinidad, Honduras, Guatemala and Panama north to Mexico.
Dusky Owl-Butterfly
Caligo illioneus, the Illioneus giant owl, is an owl butterfly belonging to the nymphalid family, Morphinae subfamily, tribe Brassolini.
Pale Owl-Butterfly
Caligo telamonius is a brush-footed butterfly (family Nymphalidae). The species was first described by Cajetan von Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1862. It is found in southern North America, Central America, and South America.
Common Palmfly
Elymnias hypermnestra, the common palmfly, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia.
Eryphanis automedon
Eryphanis automedon, the Automedon giant owl, is a species of butterfly belonging to the Nymphalidae family.
Common Morpho
Morpho helenor, the Helenor morpho or common blue morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly found in Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, Suriname, French Guiana, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Honduras, Guatemala, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and in Trinidad and Tobago. It is a species group that may or may not be several species. Many ...more ↓
Achilles morpho
Morpho achilles, the Achilles morpho, blue-banded morpho or banded blue morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly.
