As an Independent Professional Butterfly Consultant

I will be able to help you save a lot of money on any butterfly related order or butterfly business adventure you may intend to begin in and from 2025.
With over 50 years Butterfly Industry experience since 1972 to 2025

About Earle Whiteley

Born in Duivelskloof, Transvaal, 1958
Started collecting Butterflies 1963
Started studying butterflies 1972
Military Services SADF 1976 to 1978
Started breeding butterflies 1978

Collecting butterflies and research all over RSA 1980 to 1998 periodically while working as a chef to pave the way forward for butterfly 

Built and founded the Ramsgate Butterfly Sanctuary 2000 Worked as Tour Guide and Butterfly Breeder for the Ramsgate Butterfly Farm from 1999 to 2008 Founder of Conservation of Butterflies in South Africa (CBISA) 2005 Founder of the South African Butterfly Breeding Association (SABBA) 2005 Collecting butterflies and research all over RSA 2009 to 2019 doing odd jobs in between for self sustainability Built and founded the Western Cape Butterfly Sanctuary (WCBS) 2020 Worked as Tour Guide and Butterfly Breeder for the Western Cape Butterfly Sanctuary (WCBS) 2020 to 2025 Founder of the National School of Lepidoptera (NSL) near Mossel Bay 2021 Lecturer at the National School of Lepidoptera (NSL) 2021 to 2025 Presently based in the Western Cape 2020 to 2025

Need Butterfly Expertise?

Contact us for expert advice on butterfly conservation, breeding, and creating butterfly-friendly spaces.
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Books Published

• Collecting butterflies – A beginners guide 1989
• Dixia charina charina – a study of South African Variations 1998
• Bringing butterflies to your garden (limited E) 2022
• Nomenclature of SA butterflies 2022
• NSL – Introduction to breeding butterflies
•NSL – Butterfly Sanctuary Tour Guide Course 2022
• 2nd edition: Dixia charina charina – a study of South African Variations 2023
•Revised edition: Collecting Butterflies – A beginners guide 2023
• NSL – Advanced Butterfly Breeding Techniques 2023
• Author of the Lepidias – Entomological Magazine since 2008 to 2024 (yearly) 

A Personal Note

“As a conservationist, I need to know that butterflies (being my love and passion) are properly looked after for whatever event they are needed for. As your personal butterfly Consultant, I can recommend the correct butterflies for you event that are naturally occurring in your area and how many you should use for your event. Butterflies are a gift from God, not to be abused but rather to bring pleasure and awareness. May your event be full of happiness”.

Consulting and Practical Services

• Site Inspections for any butterfly related enterprise
• Planning and developing infrastructure of a new enterprise
• Construction of the new intended enterprise
• Providing hostplants, feeding flowers and butterflies
• Solutions to existing problematic areas in existing butterfly related enterprises
• Training of Butterfly Tour Guides
• Training of Butterfly Breeders
•Developing environments, mini ecosystems and habitats for breeding centers and butterfly lepidomes/houses
•Developing and landscaping of butterfly gardens

Butterfly Weddings and Releases

I provide you with a professional service in helping you to get the best prices available on Butterflies, Butterfly Breeding Kits, Packaging, Delivery Costs, Private Delivery Services, Safety Protocols, Release Boxes and Scheduling Delivery. Saving you up to 50% of your order. All you need to do is contact me at least two (2) weeks before your intended event. I charge a once off fee of five (5) hundred rand that is none negotiable and none refundable.
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