The Penang Butterfly Farm is located in Teluk Bahang and is one of Penang's best known and most popular tourist attractions. It is set up as a ' live museum ' to educate that public as well as a research centre to develop breeding method. The farm sits at the foot of the Teluk Bahang hills that between the Taman Rimba Park and Teluk Bahang village.
The main attraction of the Butterfly Farm is undoubtedly the free flying papilions in the enormous enclosure. The visitor can inspect the butterflies at close quarters as they flit around their favorite nectar plants. The exhibition of selected insects and reptiles are also crowd drawers.
Today, the Penang Butterfly Farm is the first tropical butterfly farm ever set up in the tropical butterfly world, with a average flying population of 4000 Malaysian butterflies of 120 different species, including the rare Indian Leafl ( Kallima paralekta ) and the endangered Yellow Bird wing ( Troides helena ). Probably the most famous of Malaysian butterflied is the Rajah Brooke's Bird wing of the Papilionidae family.
Address : 830 Jalan Teluk Bahang, Teluk Bahang, 11050 Penang, Malaysia
Opening Hours : 9.00am - 6.00pm ( Last Entry at 5pm )
Open 365 days all year round except half-day on Chinese New Year Eve.
Entrance Fee : Adult (RM 27) Children ( 4 - 12 years old) RM 15
Senior Citizen ( 58 years old and above) RM 13.50
Child ( below 4) Free Charge
For MYKAD Holder ( Adult ) RM 18
For MYKID Holder (Children) RM 10
Large Groups - Discounts are available to school bookings and other large groups.
Contact Number : 604-885 1253
Fax Number : 604-885 1741
The website of Penang Butterfly Farm : http://www.butterfly-insect.com/index.php
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