Kipepeo (Swahili for butterfly) is a community based enterprise that supports the livelihoods of people living around Arabuko Sokoke forest in coastal Kenya, East Africa; This provides an incentive for their participation in the conservation of a forest with high biodiversity and endemism. Kipepe… read moreo seeks to demonstrate the tangible link between conservation and livelihood. Kipepeo sells high quality butterfly and moth pupae of a wide range of attractive species from Arabuko Sokoke. Some Kipepeo butterflies are also grown in other high biodiversity forests in the coast region such as the Shimba and Taita Hills.