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Butterflies for money excites Coastal women

Women in Arabuko Sokoke forest, Gede, in Kilifi country use homemade traps to catch butterflies for breeding. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

When Jamilla Rashid was growing up, there was talk that butterflies were demonic. She feared the dark coloured ones; especially those with wings that seemed to glow in the dark.

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