Butterfly Foundation
Friends of Butterflies and the Rainforest Foundation
Founded in 2018
Our History: Friends of Butterflies and the Rainforest Foundation is a non profit partner to The Butterfly Palace. Established in 2018 by The Butterfly Palace to help send more money to butterfly farms in the Rainforest!
Our Vision: To join people to allow butterflies to save the rainforest.
Our Partner: Heliconius Butterfly Works , Butterfly Farm in Ecuador
Heliconius Butterfly Works has been exporting some of the best quality pupae since 1996. The farm specializes in Heliconius species of butterflies. Located in Mindo, Ecaudor the economy used to be based on logging but has since become more geared towards ecotourism. The farm is not open to the public but provides jobs to locals in a way that is compatible with conserving the forest. The farm employs 10 families. To learn more, watch this video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JyRpwJO8NM.
The foundation spends over $10,000 per year purchasing butterflies from this farm, which helps support the farm so they can carry out their mission of saving the rainforest and creating a sustainable income for local families.
Learn more about our other butterfly farm partners below!
The Butterfly Palace is a for-profit business which imports thousands of butterflies from farms all over the world. The farms rely on the purchase of pupa to carry out their mission of conservation, education and species preservation. Just by visiting the Butterfly Palace, YOU are helping save the rainforest.
