page_title: Commercial butterfly breeding
hierarchical_section_title: Commercial butterfly breeding
caption_attribution_description: English: Young lepidopterist intent on learning as much as she can about butterflies by observing a captive bred monarch
context_page_description: Commercial butterfly breeding or captive butterfly breeding is the practice of breeding butterflies and moths in controlled environments with the purpose of supplying the stock to research facilities, universities, zoos, insectariums, elementary and secondary schools, butterfly exhibits, conservation organizations, nature centers, individuals and other commercial facilities. Some butterfly and moth breeders limit their market to wholesale customers while other breeders supply smaller volumes of stock as a retail activity. Some small scale and larger scale breeders limit their businesses to provision of the butterflies or moths for schools. Others provide butterflies in commemorative events such as funerals, hospice activities, bar mitzvahs, 911 memorial events and weddings. The process often includes the release of individual organisms to the wild where the release occurs in the natural range of the butterfly. Captive butterfly breeding programs do not affect biodiversity.
context_section_description: Commercial butterfly breeding or captive butterfly breeding is the practice of breeding butterflies and moths in controlled environments with the purpose of supplying the stock to research facilities, universities, zoos, insectariums, elementary and secondary schools, butterfly exhibits, conservation organizations, nature centers, individuals and other commercial facilities. Some butterfly and moth breeders limit their market to wholesale customers while other breeders supply smaller volumes of stock as a retail activity.  Some small scale and larger scale breeders limit their businesses to provision of the butterflies or moths for schools.  Others provide butterflies in commemorative events such as funerals, hospice activities, bar mitzvahs, 911 memorial events and weddings.  The process often includes the release of individual organisms to the wild where the release occurs in the natural range of the butterfly. Captive butterfly breeding programs do not affect biodiversity.
caption: Captive bred butterflies are used in the classroom
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