List of butterfly houses

This is a list of Butterfly houses or conservatories around the world. For aquaria, see List of aquaria. For dolphinariums, see List of dolphinariums. For a list of zoos, see List of zoos. For an annotated list of defunct zoos and aquariums, see List of former zoos and aquariums.

A butterfly house, or conservatory is a facility which is specifically intended for the breeding and display of butterflies with an emphasis on education. Some butterfly houses also feature other insects and arthropods. Butterfly houses are owned and operated by museums, universities, non-profit corporations, and private individuals as part of their residence; as well as small businesses that are owner operated.

Asia

Bantimurung – Bulusaraung National Park, Indonesia
Butterfly Conservatory Of Goa,^[1] Goa, India(4,000 sq ft (400 m²) enclosure 12,000 sq ft (1,000 m²) facility. NGO)
Butterfly garden, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Hong Hong
Butterfly garden, Wetland Park, Hong Kong
Butterfly house, Ocean Park, Hong Kong
Butterfly Park, Bannerghatta National Park, Bangalore, India (10,000 sq ft (1,000 m²) circular enclosure)
Butterfly Park Bangladesh,^[2] Chittagong, Bangladesh
Butterfly safari Park, Thenmala, Kerala, India
Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Phuket Butterfly Garden & Insect World,^[3] Phuket, Thailand
Penang Butterfly Farm,^[4] Penang, Malaysia (houses 5,000 butterflies of over 120 species)
Malacca Butterfly & Reptile Sanctuary, Ayer keroh, Malacca, Malaysia
Simply Butterflies Conservation Center,^[5] Bilar, Bohol, Philippines
Singapore Zoological Gardens - The Fragile Forest Enclosure (Singapore)

Europe

Alaris Schmetterlingspark, Sassnitz, Rügen, Germany
Schmetterlingshaus, Mainau, Baden Württemberg, Germany
The North Somerset Butterfly House, Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom

Bordano Butterfly House,^[6] Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
Bornholm Butterfly Park, Bornholm, Denmark
Collodi Butterfly House,^[7] Tuscany, Italy
Butterfly Arc,^[8] Veneto, Italy
Butterfly Botania,^[9] University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
Butterfly Garden, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg
Golders Hill Park, London NW3, United Kingdom
London Butterfly House, London, United Kingdom
Magic of Life Butterfly House,^[10] Rheidol Valley, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom
Mariposario de Benalmádena, Andalusia, Spain^[11] (largest Butterfly Park in Europe^[12])
Oasi delle Farfalle di Milano,^[13] Lombardia, Italy
Passiflorahoeve,^[14] Vlindertuin Harskamp, Netherlands
Seaforde Gardens and Butterfly House,^[15] Seaforde, County Down, Northern Ireland
Schmetterlinghaus,^[16] Vienna, Austria
Stratford Butterfly Farm,^[17] Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Straffan Butterfly Farm, Straffan, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland
Vlinderkas Diergaarde Blijdorp, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Vlindertuin Dierenpark Emmen, Emmen, Netherlands
Vlindertuin, Knokke, Belgium (closed)
Wrocławskie Zoo, Wrocław, Poland
Butterfly House,^[18] Praid, Romania

North America

The Butterfly Farm, St Maarten/St Martin,^[19] St Maarten St Martin
The Butterfly Farm, Aruba,^[19] Aruba
La Marquesa Forest Park Butterfly House, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Mariposario Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
Montreal Insectarium,^[20] Montreal, Quebec, Canada (with annual exhibit at the Jardin botanique de Montréal)
Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Victoria Butterfly Gardens, Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada
Newfoundland Insectarium, Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Butterflies & Blooms, Baldwin, Georgina, Ontario, Canada
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, United States
Ashland Nature Center Butterfly House,^[21] Delaware Nature Society, Hockessin, United States
Aveda Butterfly Garden, Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley, United States
Bear Mountain Butterfly Sanctuary, Jim Thorpe, United States
Berniece Grewcock Butterfly and Insect Pavilion, Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Omaha, United States
Bioworks Butterfly Garden, Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa, United States
Blackwater Wildlife Refuge Butterfly Garden (Visitors Center), Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, United States
Blooming Butterfly Garden, Como Zoo, St. Paul, United States
Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, United States
Butterflies and Plants: Partners in Evolution, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States
Butterfly Conservatory and Insect Zoo, Kansas State University, Manhattan, United States
The Butterfly Farm, Birmingham Zoo, Birmingham, United States
Butterfly Garden, Bronx Zoo, The Bronx, United States
Butterfly Garden, Museum of Science, Boston, United States
Butterfly House, Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
Butterfly House, Dayton, Ohio Cox Arboretum MetroPark, United States
Butterfly House,^[22] Mackinac Island, United States
Butterfly House, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States
Butterfly House, Missouri Botanical Garden, Chesterfield, United States
Butterfly House San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, United States
Butterfly House, Whitehouse, United States
Butterfly Landing, Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, United States
Butterfly Magic,^[23] Tucson Botanical Gardens,^[24] Tucson, United States
The Butterfly Palace and Rainforest Adventure,^[25] Branson, Missouri, United States
Butterfly Pavilion, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, United States
Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster, Colorado, United States
The Butterfly Place, Westford, United States
Butterfly Wing, Reiman Gardens, Ames, United States
Butterfly Wonderland, Scottsdale,^[26] United States
Butterfly World, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo, United States
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, United States
Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center, Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, United States

Cockrell Butterfly Center & Insect Zoo, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, United States
Florida Museum of Natural History Butterfly Rainforest, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, United States
Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids Township, United States
Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory, Key West, United States

Living Conservatory,^[27] North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, United States
Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory, South Deerfield, United States
Magic Wings Butterfly House,^[28] North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, Durham, United States
Marshall Butterfly Pavilion, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, United States
Monsanto Insectarium, Saint Louis Zoological Park, St. Louis, United States
The Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery, Alabama, United States (constructing a butterfly house which is planned to float in the natural lake on which the zoo was built)
Orange County Native Butterfly House, The Environmental Nature Center,^[29] Newport Beach, United States
Panhandle Butterfly House,^[30] Navarre, United States
Puelicher Butterfly Wing,^[31] Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, United States
Sertoma Butterfly House,^[32] Sioux Falls, United States
Tradewinds Park Butterfly World, Coconut Creek, United States
Tropical Butterfly House, Pacific Science Center, Seattle, United States
Frederick Meijer Gardens, United States

Oceania

Otago Museum Discovery World Tropical Forest, Dunedin, New Zealand
Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, Kuranda, Australia
Coffs Harbour Butterfly House,^[33] Coffs Harbour, Australia
Melbourne Zoo butterfly enclosure, Melbourne, Australia

South America

Águias da Serra Borboletário São Paulo, Brazil
El Mariposario,^[34] Quindío, Colombia
San Jose Butterfly Farm,^[35] San José, Costa Rica
Mariposario Mindo, Mindo, Ecuador
Cali Zoo (450-square-meter (4,800 sq ft) butterfly house)
Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm,^[36] Iquitos, Peru

References

External links

Visiting Butterfly Houses, Farms and Gardens

[1] Butterfly Conservatory of Goa

[2] Butterfly Park Bangladesh

[3] Phuket Butterfly Garden and Insect World

[4] Penang Butterfly Farm

[5] "Bohol Habitat: Home". Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[6] Casa delle Farfalle di Bordano

[7] Collodi Butterfly House

[8] Casa delle Farfalle of Montegrotto Terme and ESAPOLIS Living Insects Museum of the Padova Provincie

[9] Butterfly Botania

[10] Magic of Life Butterfly House

[11] Mariposario de Benalmádena

[12] El mayor mariposario de Europa está en Benalmádena

[13] Oasi delle Farfalle di Milano

[14] Passiflorahoeve

[15] Seaforde Gardens and Butterfly House

[16] The Vienna butterfly house

[17] Stratford Butterfly Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

[18] Butterfly House

[thebutterflyfarm-19] "The Butterfly Farm". Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[20] Insectarium de Montréal

[21] Ashland Nature Center Butterfly House

[22] Butterfly House, Mackinac Island

[23] Butterfly Magic

[24] Tucson Botanical Gardens

[25] The Butterfly Palace and Rainforest Adventure

[26] "Butterfly Wonderland". Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[27] Living Conservatory, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

[28] Magic Wings Butterfly House

[29] The Environmental Nature Center

[30] Panhandle Butterfly House

[31] Puelicher Butterfly Wing

[32] Sertoma Butterfly House

[33] Coffs Harbour Butterfly House

[34] Calarcá Butterfly Zoo

[35] San Jose Butterfly Farm

[36] Amazon Animal Orphanage & Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm

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