Live butterfly exhibition is relatively a very young industry compared to other very established ones such as zoos and bird aviaries. Though the first heated glass-house of live butterfly exhibit was set up in 1976 by Mr. David Lowe at Guernsey, Channel Island, it was not popularized until another tropical glass house of live butterfly called The L...

Live butterfly exhibition is relatively a very young industry compared to other very established ones such as zoos and bird aviaries. Though the first heated glass-house of live butterfly exhibit was set up in 1976 by Mr. David Lowe at Guernsey, Channel Island, it was not popularized until another tropical glass house of live butterfly called The London Butterfly House was opened for public in early 1980 by Mr. Clive Farrell who subsequently has set up a few other houses and also has extended his influence on several people, including me.

In 1986 March, The Penang Butterfly Farm, presumably the 1st butterfly house in the Tropical Region, was opened to the public. At one time around late 1980’s, there were more than 50 butterfly houses in the U.K. and many others in Continental Europe. In 1988, The Butterfly World in Coconut Creek, Florida was opened, followed by Day Butterfly Centre at Callaway Gardens in Georgia, the same year. Since then, the industry bloomed and many big and moderate butterfly houses sprang up allover U.S.A. as well as in Canada.

Today, the Butterfly Industry, once known as a tourism industry is slowly shifting it’s aim towards education with the intension of educating the public, both the old and the young where they will be exposed to the life cycle of butterflies and knowledge on other insects which effectively leads to motivation of awareness of particularly the very fragile aspect of nature. This is where the role of Penang Butterfly Farm comes in.

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