Anyone know anything about Butterflies?

[RedHawk_ArtifactHunter]

I buy alot of artifacts off this friend of my uncle and today he brought me the arrowhead on the right and the frame of butterflies but I know nothing about the butterflies except they are cool looking . Any opinions or info on them would be much appreciated.

[Aboman]

I don't recognize any of the butterflies- they may be from more southern regions of the world. If you decide to sell that frame, please let me know as my wife collects them.

[joshuaream]

I see frames of butterflies like that when I am in Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.)

[uniface]

IMHO : Central-/South American.

[RedHawk_ArtifactHunter]

well the guy I bought them from said some were from africa some were from brazil and south america one from mexico and from a few other places but this guy has a little bit of a mental issue sooo its kinda hard to keep track of what he says he mumbles and runs on alot

[TurtleMan]

Just my opinion but if someone put them together in a frame then probably they came from the same general location. I an't no bugologist but I'd say that they are probably from central or south america and not some even more exotic local. A few that have the long drooping lobes on the lower pair of wings remind me of yellow swalow-tails I see around my neck of the woods (Ill.), poss. they are from the same geneous? Don't know if that helps but it might be a place to start?

[RedHawk_ArtifactHunter]

obviously nobody knows anything about them. No they are NOT local. I was hoping there was a butterfly specialist somewhere on the forum but I guess not. I will just try and research them online like I do everything else. All of these butterflies are IMPORTS Butterfly pinning is a hobby which takes alot of work when you buy a butterfly they come with thier wings closed and there is a huge process of relaxing the wings and pinning them so that they can be displayed anyway I will post more if and when i find out more

[joshuaream]

Originally Posted by RedHawk_ArtifactHunter

obviously nobody knows anything about them... I was hoping there was a butterfly specialist somewhere on the forum but I guess not.

Sorry we let you down.

[RedHawk_ArtifactHunter]

this place is never a let down I always get good info from everyone and even bad opinions help me because it makes me do more of my own research lol

[jeffcorrell]

You can find mail order companies that sell exotic insects, butterflies and moths mounted. Many of them are farm raised. I bet those are from all over the world, not just one single continent.

Here is one such site that sells butterflies. I got some things from them in the past.

Butterflies, moths, beetles and insect specimens for collections and for sale