By purchasing butterfly and insect cases from Custom Butterfly Art you are helping to preserve our precious rain forest habitats, and supporting tropical insect farming, ranching and preservation. Insect farming and ranching allows native peoples to earn their livelihood through means other than slash and burn farming, livestock rearing and other forms of destructive agriculture.

Although it may be difficult to believe, there are commercial growers that specialize in raising butterfly species for the collector market.  These species are bred and raised just like any other live stock.  Custom Butterfly Art purchases butterfly specimens from reputable importers who have vetted their wholesale suppliers for environmentally responsible butterfly rearing and agricultural practices.

In the U.S. there are only three such reputable importers and Custom Butterfly Art has Built relationships with all three.