Butterfly drawings: monarch, swallowtail, butterfly on a flower

Butterfly drawings are butterflies drawn for coloring, for science notebooks and as decoration. These nine pages show butterflies with their wing patterns drawn clearly: a monarch, a swallowtail, and a butterfly resting on a daisy. Each comes as a bold outline to color, a fine-line specimen plate, or leaded lines dividing the wings into cells. For a different insect, type it in the direction box.

• A science notebook page
• A coloring page for a child
• A decoration for a classroom wall
• A pattern study for a craft

Frequently asked questions

Are all the butterflies seen from above?

The monarch and the swallowtail are seen from above with wings spread. The daisy reading shows one butterfly with folded wings resting on a flower.

What is the specimen plate style?

A fine-line drawing of symmetric wings, with the veins and scale patterns drawn in detail, in black ink only.

Can I ask for a different insect?

Yes. Type it in the direction box, such as a moth, a dragonfly or with flowers. A typed insect is a request, so the result may differ from the samples.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.