100 BUTTERFLY PICTURES and Big Butterfly Images

Author:
Writer Fox
Updated date:
Sep 14, 2015

A Morpho butterfly picture.
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, via Wikimedia Commons

Butterfly Pictures and Images

Over 100 free butterfly pictures and large butterfly images. Find close-up, professional butterfly photos, every color of butterfly pics and butterfly facts.

____________________________

On this page you will find dozens of free butterfly pictures (which you may use for personal use*). Just right click on the butterfly image you want and save it to your computer. Enjoy!

These are photos of real butterflies. If you are looking for clip art, just go see butterfly clip art.

You'll find free butterfly pictures and images in each section below, arranged by color. Or, you can just scroll down the page to see all of the butterfly pictures and photos.

TABLE OF CONTENTS - Jump to Section
Black Butterflies
Black and White Butterflies
Blue Butterflies
Brown Butterflies
Green Butterflies
Monarch Butterflies
Orange Butterflies
Orange and Black Halloween Butterflies
Pink Butterflies
Purple Butterflies
Red Butterflies
White Butterflies
Yellow Butterflies
Related Content

Black Butterflies

Black Butterfly

Black Swallowtail Butterfly Pic with Wings Spread

Black Swallow Tail Butterfly among Flowers

Black, White and Pink Butterfly, Known as the Papilio Rumanzovia

Extreme Close-up Image of a Butterfly Wing

Scroll to Continue

william-herschel-and-the-discovery-of-the-planet-uranus

review-of-the-toshiba-6-cup-electric-rice-cooker

Papilio Rumanzovia Butterfly

The Papilio Rumanzovia in the picture above is also called Scarlet Mormon Butterfly. He lives in the Philippines but sometimes flies over to Taiwan for a vacation holiday.

Many of them are all black, but pink splashes of color are also found in some varieties.

Like all butterflies, the wing colors are actually made up of tiny hairs that grow on scales that form the wings. Look at the butterfly photo above to see a close-up of the wings.

Image of Black Butterfly on a Thistle Flower

Did You Know?

There are more than 20,000 different kinds of butterflies, each with a different color pattern and a different wing shape!

Black and White Butterflies

This group of butterfly pictures shows black and white patterns in true art deco style with intricate designs.

Each one is a flying work of art.

Black and White Butterfly with Pink Flower

One of a kind, this real butterfly in a wood frame is an extraordinary accent to contemporary décor.

This is a unique gift for nature lovers and is a stand-alone, true work of art.

Zebra Longwing Butterfly (Heliconius Charitonius)

Zebra Black and White Striped Butterfly on Sunflower

Fact About Butterflies

Unlike many other insects, butterflies don't sting and they don't bite. They don't have teeth and they don't have stingers.

Black and White Butterfly

This black and white beauty took a break from his lunch and looked right at the camera in the remarkable butterfly picture below:

Blue Butterflies

Fenders Blue Butterfly (Icaricia Icarioides Fenderi) is an endangered species.

Blue Butterfly Pics

Metallic Blue Butterfly
Andrea at Flickr

Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

White Admiral Blue Butterfly
Saxophlute, via Wikimedia Commons

Common Blue Butterfly (Polyommatus icarus)

Butterfly Facts

Without butterflies to pollinate, many plants and flowers would cease to exist on planet earth.

Butterflies pollinate a much wider area than bees because they fly greater distances.

Willamette Valley Fenders Butterfly

The rare butterfly pictured below is on the endangered species list. It is only found in Western Oregon, U.S.A., and ten years ago there were only 200 known to exist. After efforts on the part of the government to reestablish their natural habitat, the numbers have increased to almost 4,000.