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Butterfly and moth wings are covered by thousands of tiny scales that combine to create colorful wing patterns and enable the butterfly to find a mate, communicate and hide from predators.

Choose a butterfly or moth

Cecropia Moth	Checkered White
Common Buckeye	Eastern Black Swallowtail
Field Crescent	Giant Swallowtail
Monarch	Painted Lady
Queen

African Blue-banded Swallowtail	African Moon Moth
Atlas Moth	Blue-Banded Morpho
Blue Glassy Tiger	Blue Morpho
Brutus Charaxes	Chloe's Cracker
Chocolate Pansy	Clearwing
Clipper	Clouded Sulfur
Common Green Birdwing	Common Postman
Cracker	Flame Bordered Charaxes
Florida Atala	Giant Orange Tip
Great Mormon	Greater Egg Fly
Green-banded Peacock	Green Veined Charaxes
Indian Dead Leaf	Julia Longwing
Lacewing	Lesser Owl
Lowii Swallowtail	Luna Moth
Malachite	Metallic Blue Wave
Mocker Swallowtail	Orange-banded Shoemaker
Orchard Swallowtail	Owl
Paper Kite	Pink Rose
Red Rim	Scarlet Mormon
Sleepy Sulfur	Tailed Jay
White Morpho	Zebra Longwing

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The Butterfly Pavilion combines science education with interactive fun to teach visitors about invertebrates and conservation. Our five immersive exhibits, including our rainforest filled with 1,600 free-flying tropical butterflies, provide a year-round, unforgettable experience. Visitors can get up close and personal with live animals, enjoy daily educational programs, explore the wonder of the outdoors on the nature trail, and discover the newest traveling exhibit. Butterflies are just the beginning.

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