***The second lives of caterpillars.***

***Colourful dances in the air.***

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## **Sister Subs**

* **/r/Oahu**
* **/r/Honolulu**
* **/r/HawaiiPlantMedicine**

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#About ~ 

A subreddit community completely and wholeheartedly devoted to the beauty and wonder of the interesting and amazing lives that the complex process of metamorphosis provides for all of us humans in the fantastic colorful creations called butterflies! 🦋💕

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#Rules ~ 

Please do not post links to items you intend to sell. This includes ~  but is not limited to ~ clothing/t-shirts, stickers, jewelry. We also kindly ask that you not post links to discord. 

Doing so will result in your post being removed with or without moderator notification. If you make the choice to spam this subreddit community multiple times, it will lead to a ban and Reddit admins will be notified. Thank you for your understanding. 


#Guidelines for seeking butterfly identification ~ 

###Formatting

* Took the photo yourself?  Begin the title with [**TTM**] for ' **T***ook* **T***his* **M***yself* ' and show us what you captured!

* Looking for a species ID?  Begin the title with [**REQUEST**] and direct link to the image in question.

*Additionally, if you captured the image in an exotic location or your own locale, let us know where and when the image was taken.  This helps with species identification as well as contributing to the experience.*

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#Experience ~ 

###Image Browsers

- [larger thumbnails 1](http://reddpics.com/r/Butterflies/"reddpics")

- [larger thumbnails 2](http://imgur.com/r/Butterflies"imgur")

###Resources ~ 

- [Wikipedia: Butterfly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly)

- [International Butterfly Breeders Association- Dedicated to Expanding Butterfly Awareness Through Education](https://www.internationalbutterflybreeders.org) 

- [Xerces Society- Project Milkweed. Conservation Practitioner’s Guide, Seeds, Regional Milkweed Info & More](https://xerces.org/milkweed/) 

- [Butterflies and Moths of North America- collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera](https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org) 

- [The Monarch Joint Venture- a national partnership of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, businesses and academic programs working together to conserve the monarch butterfly migration](https://monarchjointventure.org/about-us) 

- [The Pollinator Partnership- Ecoregional Planting Guides](http://pollinator.org/guides) 

- [North American Butterfly Association- Butterfly Gardening and Habitat Info](http://nababutterfly.com) 

- [A Manual of Tropical Butterfly Farming By Ray Harberd. 35 pg PDF](http://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/documents/13005/3192/13-005%20FR%20App7%20Manual%20of%20Tropical%20Butterfly%20Farming.pdf) 

- [The Pulelehua Project- help map current populations of the endangered Hawaiian Kamehameha butterfly found nowhere else on earth & learn about the host plants they need](https://cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu/pulelehua/) 

- [Learn about Butterflies](http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/index.htm)

- [The Butterfly Website](http://butterflywebsite.com/)

- View 100+ beautiful images of [Butterflies](http://www.fotopedia.com/wiki/Butterfly/slideshow/flag/all/sort/MostVotedFirst/status/default/photos/0) 

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[Butterflies Redesigned](https://new.reddit.com/r/Butterflies/)

<div class="md"><p><strong><em>The second lives of caterpillars.</em></strong></p>

<p><strong><em>Colourful dances in the air.</em></strong></p>

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<h2><strong>Sister Subs</strong></h2>

<ul>
<li><strong><a href="/r/Oahu">/r/Oahu</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="/r/Honolulu">/r/Honolulu</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="/r/HawaiiPlantMedicine">/r/HawaiiPlantMedicine</a></strong></li>
</ul>

<hr/>

<h1>About ~</h1>

<p>A subreddit community completely and wholeheartedly devoted to the beauty and wonder of the interesting and amazing lives that the complex process of metamorphosis provides for all of us humans in the fantastic colorful creations called butterflies! 🦋💕</p>

<hr/>

<h1>Rules ~</h1>

<p>Please do not post links to items you intend to sell. This includes ~  but is not limited to ~ clothing/t-shirts, stickers, jewelry. We also kindly ask that you not post links to discord. </p>

<p>Doing so will result in your post being removed with or without moderator notification. If you make the choice to spam this subreddit community multiple times, it will lead to a ban and Reddit admins will be notified. Thank you for your understanding. </p>

<h1>Guidelines for seeking butterfly identification ~</h1>

<h3>Formatting</h3>

<ul>
<li><p>Took the photo yourself?  Begin the title with [<strong>TTM</strong>] for &#39; <strong>T</strong><em>ook</em> <strong>T</strong><em>his</em> <strong>M</strong><em>yself</em> &#39; and show us what you captured!</p></li>
<li><p>Looking for a species ID?  Begin the title with [<strong>REQUEST</strong>] and direct link to the image in question.</p></li>
</ul>

<p><em>Additionally, if you captured the image in an exotic location or your own locale, let us know where and when the image was taken.  This helps with species identification as well as contributing to the experience.</em></p>

<hr/>

<h1>Experience ~</h1>

<h3>Image Browsers</h3>

<ul>
<li><p><a href="http://reddpics.com/r/Butterflies/%22reddpics%22">larger thumbnails 1</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://imgur.com/r/Butterflies%22imgur%22">larger thumbnails 2</a></p></li>
</ul>

<h3>Resources ~</h3>

<ul>
<li><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly">Wikipedia: Butterfly</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://www.internationalbutterflybreeders.org">International Butterfly Breeders Association- Dedicated to Expanding Butterfly Awareness Through Education</a> </p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://xerces.org/milkweed/">Xerces Society- Project Milkweed. Conservation Practitioner’s Guide, Seeds, Regional Milkweed Info &amp; More</a> </p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org">Butterflies and Moths of North America- collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera</a> </p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://monarchjointventure.org/about-us">The Monarch Joint Venture- a national partnership of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, businesses and academic programs working together to conserve the monarch butterfly migration</a> </p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://pollinator.org/guides">The Pollinator Partnership- Ecoregional Planting Guides</a> </p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://nababutterfly.com">North American Butterfly Association- Butterfly Gardening and Habitat Info</a> </p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/documents/13005/3192/13-005%20FR%20App7%20Manual%20of%20Tropical%20Butterfly%20Farming.pdf">A Manual of Tropical Butterfly Farming By Ray Harberd. 35 pg PDF</a> </p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu/pulelehua/">The Pulelehua Project- help map current populations of the endangered Hawaiian Kamehameha butterfly found nowhere else on earth &amp; learn about the host plants they need</a> </p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/index.htm">Learn about Butterflies</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://butterflywebsite.com/">The Butterfly Website</a></p></li>
<li><p>View 100+ beautiful images of <a href="http://www.fotopedia.com/wiki/Butterfly/slideshow/flag/all/sort/MostVotedFirst/status/default/photos/0">Butterflies</a> </p></li>
</ul>

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<p><a href="https://new.reddit.com/r/Butterflies/">Butterflies Redesigned</a></p>
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A subreddit community completely and wholeheartedly devoted to the beauty and wonder of the interesting and amazing lives that the complex process of metamorphosis provides for all of us humans in the fantastic colorful creations called butterflies! 

This is a subreddit community to share photos and news stories about butterflies.

<div class="md"><p>A subreddit community completely and wholeheartedly devoted to the beauty and wonder of the interesting and amazing lives that the complex process of metamorphosis provides for all of us humans in the fantastic colorful creations called butterflies! </p>

<p>This is a subreddit community to share photos and news stories about butterflies.</p>
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Is there anything I can do to fix her wing?