Australian Butterfly Sanctuary

Australian Butterfly Sanctuary
Australian Butterfly Sanctuary
	Male Cairns birdwing in flight in the aviary
	16°49′14″S 145°37′59″E / 16.8204646°S 145.6330483°E
Date opened	1987
Location	Kuranda, Queensland, Australia
No. of animals	1,500
Website	www.australianbutterflies.com

The Australian Butterfly Sanctuary is a butterfly sanctuary and exhibit situated in the centre of Kuranda, Queensland, Australia.

Kuranda Butterfly Sanctuary is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as Australia's largest butterfly flight aviary and exhibit.^{[citation needed]} The sanctuary rears a variety of butterflies, most of which are native to Far North Queensland, including the vibrant Cairns Birdwing Butterfly. The lab breeds about 30,000 caterpillars each year, and sends about 24,000 pupae to be released in the aviary.^[3]

There are around 1500 free flying butterflies from a variety of species.

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