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    Quick Facts

  • 71 species of butterflies occur in Nova Scotia

  • Bog Elfin and Early Hairsteak butterflies are known from only a few locations in Nova Scotia and are considered to have some of the most restricted distributions of any native butterflies in North America

  • 284 species of butterflies occur in Canada

  • There are about 20,000 species of butterflies in the world

 

 

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