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Colourful Butterflies Collection

There are about 17,500 species of butterflies in the world. With their bright colours, butterflies are the most familiar of insects to humans. 

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718 Items

Colourful Butterflies Collection: Butterfly Art Illustrations

Butterfly Art Illustrations Collection
155 Items

Colourful Butterflies Collection: Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Collection
43 Items

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Sunflower with speckled butterfly

Sunflower with speckled butterfly
Orange and black butterfly on sunflower

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Lepidoptera, Butterflies, tortoiseshell butterfly, Red admiral, Painted lady

Lepidoptera, Butterflies, tortoiseshell butterfly, Red admiral, Painted lady
Vintage engraving of Butterflies. 23. Comma, 24. Small tortoiseshell, 25. large tortoiseshell, 26. Camberwell beauty, 27. Peacock, 28. Red admiral, 29. Painted lady, 30. White admiral, 31

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Beautiful Orange Monarch Butterfly

Beautiful Orange Monarch Butterfly
Beautiful orange, yellow, and black vector Monarch Butterfly

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) on a plant, sunbathing

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) on a plant, sunbathing

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Darwinism, Natural Selection of Living Organisms, lithograph, published in 1897

Darwinism, Natural Selection of Living Organisms, lithograph, published in 1897
Darwinism - Principle of Natural Selection of Living Organisms by Charles Darwin (English naturalist)

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Lobster moth (Stauropus fagi)

Lobster moth (Stauropus fagi)
Illustration of a Lobster moth (Stauropus fagi), also known as lobster prominen

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Skippers butterflies of Europe

Skippers butterflies of Europe
Photo of an original antique lithograph from the " British and European butterflies and moths (Macrolepidoptera). By A. W. Kappel and W. Kirby published in 1895

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: GOLIATH BIRDWING BUTTERFLY (Male) RAINFORESTS OF NEW GUINEA

GOLIATH BIRDWING BUTTERFLY (Male) RAINFORESTS OF NEW GUINEA
GOLIATH BIRDWING BUTTERFLY (Male), RAINFORESTS OF NEW GUINEA (Ornithoptera goliath)

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterflies, Brown hairstreak butterfly, Large copper, Blue, Argus

Butterflies, Brown hairstreak butterfly, Large copper, Blue, Argus
Vintage engraving of Butterflies. 44. Brown hairstreak, 45. Black hairstreak, 46. White letter hairstreak, 47. Purple hairstreak, 48. Green hairstreak, 49. Long tailed blue, 50

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: insect, butterfly, birdwing, swallowtail

insect, butterfly, birdwing, swallowtail, ornithoptera goliath, papilionidae, lepidoptera, endangered, species, tropical, rainforest, jungle, rain forest, indonesian, specimen, museum, entomology

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: insect, butterfly, swallowtail

insect, butterfly, swallowtail, papilio, papilionidae, lepidoptera, tropical, australian, indonesia, specimen, museum, collection, animal, invertebrate, arthropod, cutout, on white

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: insect, butterfly, morpho cypris

insect, butterfly, morpho cypris, nymphalidae, lepidoptera, specimen, wings, spread, iridescent, metallic, blue, entomology, collection, display, museum, arthropod, invertebrate, animal

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Female monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), side view

Female monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), side view
Captive, Nebraska, USA

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Old chromolithograph illustration of Birdwing Butterfly (Papilio erichthonius)

Old chromolithograph illustration of Birdwing Butterfly (Papilio erichthonius)
Antique Illustration, Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Close up of Emerald Swallowtail butterfly

Close up of Emerald Swallowtail butterfly
animals, beauty in nature, butterfly, change, close up, color image, cut out, delicate, emerald swallowtail, environment, full length, green, horizontal, nature, nobody, one animal

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterfly on white background

Butterfly on white background
No People, Horizontal, Studio Shot, Full Length, White Background, One Animal, Nature, Animal Themes, Wildlife, Beauty In Nature, Natural Pattern, Butterfly, Animal Markings, Cut Out, Orange Color

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Peacock butterfly on a white background

Peacock butterfly on a white background
Macro image of a peacock butterfly [Aglais io] with wings spread, photographed on a white window ledge to give a clean, white background

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Vanessa cardui, the Painted Lady butteryfly, Wildlife art

Vanessa cardui, the Painted Lady butteryfly, Wildlife art
Vintage illustration of Vanessa cardui, the Painted Lady butteryfly, Wildlife art

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Red admiral butterfly, Vanessa atalanta, Wildlife art

Red admiral butterfly, Vanessa atalanta, Wildlife art
Vintage illustration of Red admiral butterfly, Vanessa atalanta, Wildlife art

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Polygonia c-album, the comma butterfly, Wildlife art

Polygonia c-album, the comma butterfly, Wildlife art
Vintage illustration of Polygonia c-album, the comma butterfly, Wildlife art

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Nymphalis antiopa, the Mourning cloak or Camberwell beauty, Wildlife art

Nymphalis antiopa, the Mourning cloak or Camberwell beauty, Wildlife art
Vintage illustration of Nymphalis antiopa, the Mourning cloak or Camberwell beauty, Wildlife art

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Limenitis camilla, Eurasian white admiral butterfly, Wildlife art

Limenitis camilla, Eurasian white admiral butterfly, Wildlife art
Vintage illustration of Limenitis camilla, Eurasian white admiral butterfly, Wildlife art

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Old lithograph of Butterflies

Old lithograph of Butterflies
Antique Illustration, Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Dead Leaf Butterfly

Dead Leaf Butterfly
close-up view:CB1, copy space:CB2, selecting:CB2, wildlife:CB2, death:CB2, outdoors:CB2, entomology:CB1, curtain:CB2, nobody:CB1, butterfly:CB2, pattern:CB2, Butterfly, 528273494

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: MIMICRY of a Dead Leaf, DEAD LEAF BUTTERFLY (Kallima inachus. )

MIMICRY of a Dead Leaf, DEAD LEAF BUTTERFLY (Kallima inachus. )
MIMICRY of a Dead Leaf, DEAD LEAF BUTTERFLY (Kallima inachus). The Dead Leaf Butterfly is one of the most remarkable leaf Mimics

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: orange oakleaf butterfly

orange oakleaf butterfly
dead leaf butterfly

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Common brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife art

Common brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife art
Vintage illustration Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, Insects, Wildlife art

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Black-veined white, Aporia crataegi, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife art

Black-veined white, Aporia crataegi, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife art
Vintage illustration Black-veined white, Aporia crataegi, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife art

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Pale clouded yellow, Colias hyale, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife art

Pale clouded yellow, Colias hyale, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife art
Vintage illustration Pale clouded yellow, Colias hyale, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife art

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Old World swallowtail, Papilio machaon, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife art

Old World swallowtail, Papilio machaon, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife art
Vintage illustration Old World swallowtail, Papilio machaon, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife art

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, Insects, Wildlife illustration art

Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, Insects, Wildlife illustration art
Vintage illustration Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, Insects, Wildlife art. Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black veined brown

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Apatura iris, the purple emperor, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife illustration

Apatura iris, the purple emperor, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife illustration
Vintage illustration of a Apatura iris, the purple emperor, is a Palearctic butterfly of the family Nymphalidae

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Argynnis Paphia, Silver washed Fritillary, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife illustration

Argynnis Paphia, Silver washed Fritillary, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife illustration
Vintage illustration of a silver-washed fritillary is a common and variable butterfly found over much of the Palearctic realm - Algeria, Europe, temperate Asia, and Japan

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Aglais io, European peacock, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife illustration

Aglais io, European peacock, Butterfly, Insects, Wildlife illustration
Vintage illustration of Aglais io, the European peacock, more commonly known simply as the peacock butterfly, is a colourful butterfly, found in Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: White-eared Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis)

White-eared Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis) perching on exposed branch from where it hunts its prey, usually small butterflies and other insects, Ecuador

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Girl with a butterfly on bicycle

Girl with a butterfly on bicycle
animal, back view, beauty, bicycle, bike, butterfly, child, childhood, cropped, cycle, day, design, detail, discovery, fly, friendship, girl, handle bars, harmonious, harmony, innocence, insect

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Atlas Moth, Attacus Atlas, Saturniidae, Lepidoptera - Macro of wings

Atlas Moth, Attacus Atlas, Saturniidae, Lepidoptera - Macro of wings
Atlas moth is a very large moth and often considered the largest moth in the world. They are found in tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Glovers Silkmoth (Hyalophora gloveri), breed, Tyrol, Austria

Glovers Silkmoth (Hyalophora gloveri), breed, Tyrol, Austria
austrian, bombyx mori, breeding, breed, butterfly, domesticated silkmoth, drawing, extreme close up, glovers silkmoth, hyalophora gloveri, insecta, macro, multicolored, out, saturniidae, tyrol

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Skipper butterfly

Skipper butterfly feeding on weed flower

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Moth

Moth is an insect closely related to butterfly, both being of order Lepidoptera

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Natural History - Butterflies

Natural History - Butterflies
Vintage engraving of Butterflies. Podalirins (swallowtail), Arion (Large Blue), Van Urticae, Artaxerxes (Northern Brown Argus), Papilio machaon (Old World swallowtail), Chryseis, Machaon caterpillar

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: A sheet of very rare watercolor Victorian lithography depicting butterflies

A sheet of very rare watercolor Victorian lithography depicting butterflies
A sheet of antique watercolor Victorian lithography depicting butterflies, the work of the late 19th century

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterfly and Flower Collage 1

Butterfly and Flower Collage 1

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterfly and Flower Collage 2

Butterfly and Flower Collage 2

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterfly and Flowers

Butterfly and Flowers

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterfly pattern

Butterfly pattern

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterfly on Striped Background

Butterfly on Striped Background

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Golden Butterfly

Golden Butterfly

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterfly

Butterfly

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Owlet, magpie and other moths

Owlet, magpie and other moths
Photo of an original antique lithograph from the " British and European butterflies and moths (Macrolepidoptera). By A. W. Kappel and W. Kirby published in 1895

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Owlet moths, Red Sword-grass moth

Owlet moths, Red Sword-grass moth
Photo of an original antique lithograph from the " British and European butterflies and moths (Macrolepidoptera). By A. W. Kappel and W. Kirby published in 1895

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterflies, Swallow tail butterfly and Black veined brown, Skippers

Butterflies, Swallow tail butterfly and Black veined brown, Skippers
Vintage engraving of Butterflies. 1. Swallow tail, 12. Black veined Brown, 63. Duke of Burgundy, 64. Grizzled skipper, 65. Dingy skipper, 66. Small Skipper, 67. Essex skipper, 68

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterflies, Black veined white butterfly, Brimstone, Large white

Butterflies, Black veined white butterfly, Brimstone, Large white
Vintage engraving of Butterflies. 2. Black veined white, 3. Large white, 4. Small white, 5. Green veined white, 6. Bath white, 7. Irange Tip, 8. Wood white, 9. Clouded yellow, 10

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Watercolor Monarch Butterfly

Watercolor Monarch Butterfly
A vector illustration of a butterfly in watercolor paint

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterfly on Daisy

Butterfly on Daisy
Monarch butterfly resting on Daisy

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Eastern tiger swallowtail in early spring

Eastern tiger swallowtail in early spring
A newly emerged eastern tiger swallowtail resting on spicebush

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Insects, hand-colored copper engraving from childrens book by Friedrich Justin Bertuch

Insects, hand-colored copper engraving from childrens book by Friedrich Justin Bertuch
animal-like, background white, butterfly figures, copper engraving, , Picture Book for Children, 927934950

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterfly eyes, close up

Butterfly eyes, close up

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis)

Head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis)
Antique illustration of head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis)

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Illustration of butterflies and green caterpillars on plant and flower stems

Illustration of butterflies and green caterpillars on plant and flower stems

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Illustration of life cycle of Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon) from pupa and caterpillar

Illustration of life cycle of Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon) from pupa and caterpillar, to adult butterfly

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Illustration of butterfly below cocoon attached to stem and in flight

Illustration of butterfly below cocoon attached to stem and in flight

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Monarch butterfly in flight

Monarch butterfly in flight
Butterfly flying away from head of thistle flower

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Caterpillar of a monarch butterfly -Danaus plexippus

Caterpillar of a monarch butterfly -Danaus plexippus-, eating flower buds of Mexican butterfly weed -Asclepias curassavica-, habitat USA

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Gypsy Moth -Lymantria dispar-, adult caterpillar, Lake Kerkini region, Greece, Europe

Gypsy Moth -Lymantria dispar-, adult caterpillar, Lake Kerkini region, Greece, Europe

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Old chromolithograph illustration of Birdwing Butterfly (Papilio erichthonius)

Old chromolithograph illustration of Birdwing Butterfly (Papilio erichthonius)
Antique Illustration, Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Old lithograph of Butterflies

Old lithograph of Butterflies
Antique Illustration, Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored. Glaucopsyche alexis, the green-underside blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Dead Leaf Butterfly

Dead Leaf Butterfly
close-up view:CB1, copy space:CB2, selecting:CB2, wildlife:CB2, death:CB2, outdoors:CB2, entomology:CB1, curtain:CB2, nobody:CB1, butterfly:CB2, pattern:CB2, Butterfly, 528273534

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterflies

Butterflies
Vintage lithograph from 1860 of Butterflies. 1. Orange Tip Butterfly, 1a. Female, 2. Wood White, 3. Marbled White, 4. Wood Angus, 5. Wall Butterfly, 6. Grayling

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterfly

Butterfly

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterfly pattern

Butterfly pattern

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterflies

Butterflies

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterfly

Butterfly

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterfly pattern

Butterfly pattern

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Butterflies

Butterflies
Vintage lithograph from 1860 of Butterflies. 1. Black veined White, 2. Large Garden White Butterfly, 3. Small Garden White, 4. Green veined White, 5. Bath White Butterfly

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: butterflies

butterflies
Antique illustration of various butterflies

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) with open wings

Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) with open wings

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Illustration of butterfly emerging from cocoon attached to budding stem

Illustration of butterfly emerging from cocoon attached to budding stem

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Black and white illustration of a butterfly

Black and white illustration of a butterfly

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: The glasswing butterfly (greta oto)

The glasswing butterfly (greta oto)

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Three butterflies

Three butterflies
Two Monarch butterflies dangling together while Gulf fritillary butterfly

Background imageColourful Butterflies Collection: Bedstraw Hawk-Moth (Hyles gallii) caterpillar on Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)

Bedstraw Hawk-Moth (Hyles gallii) caterpillar on Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)



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