The Butterfly Arc is the first butterfly house to be built in Italy. Butterflies of the rain forests of the Amazon, Africa and Asia are free to fly. The Butterfly Arc is also home to small lizards and insects. The Melanargia arge, the Italian marbled white, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is an endemic species found only in the Southern half of Italy and the Eastern half of the Italian island of Sicily.


The Butterfly Arc is the first butterfly house to be built in Italy. Butterflies of the rain forests of the Amazon, Africa and Asia are free to fly. The Butterfly Arc is also home to small lizards and insects. The Melanargia arge, the Italian marbled white, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is an endemic species found only in the southern half of Italy and the Eastern half of the Italian island of Sicily.


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Location: Montegrotto, Padua, Italy
Photo credit: © Ferdinando Piezzi / Alamy / Afripics
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