Certification

Butterfly Wishes is an Approved Vendor of the Live Butterfly Release Certification Program. This approval is awarded to companies that are committed to providing highest quality of service to online shoppers of live butterflies for release at weddings and other special occasions.

Most Butterflies are shipped from IBBA (The International Butterfly Breeders Association, Inc.) members who abide by an ethical code, listed below, ensuring that butterflies for release are safe, legal, and healthy. By selecting butterfly farmers who are IBBA certified, we can ensure that your butterfly release will not only be happy and successful, but also healthy and environmentally safe.

• No shipment of Butterflies from the wild; hand reared individuals only.
• Shipped only where International, Federal, and State regulations allow.
• When shipping for environmental release, ship only when weather conditions allow for Butterfly survival.
• Ship only healthy, vigorous Butterflies.
• Ship in containers with packing that best protects the Butterflies.
• Supply pertinent instructions as appropriate to insure the well being and safety of the livestock.