This butterfly clipart collection holds 12 winged pictures, from a true-to-life monarch and a soft blue watercolor wing to a cute pink cartoon, a full life cycle and simple outlines. Each butterfly clip art file is a PNG with nothing behind the wings, so it lands on a card, worksheet or slide without a white square.
Choose Download PNG to save it, or Copy to place it in a slide or document straight away. Spin through the background preview to see the colors on kraft, chalkboard or pastel paper. Pair a butterfly with blooms from our flower clipart, add a buzzing friend from the bee clipart, or print a garden to color from the flower coloring pages.
Monarch Butterfly Clipart and Colorful Butterflies
These butterflies show real wing colors and patterns. They are a good fit for science slides, spring cards and nature journals.
A monarch spreads its orange wings to show black veins and white dots along the edges. It is accurate enough for a migration lesson or a field guide page.
Try this Put it on a map slide and trace the monarch's long fall trip south with a dotted line.
Gentle washes of sky blue and lilac give this butterfly a light, airy feel. It suits baby shower cards, spring invitations and calm classroom signs.
Try this Print it at the top of a spring tea invitation on cream cardstock for a soft look.
Each wing section on this butterfly is a different rainbow color with bold outlines. It is great for a color word chart or a happy bulletin board.
Try this Label each wing section with its color word on a kindergarten color chart.
Cute Butterfly Clipart
Big eyes and soft colors turn these into cartoon butterfly clipart kids love. Use them for stickers, labels and girls' party printables.
A pink butterfly with a big smile and little heart spots on its wings. It looks sweet on birthday invitations, cubby tags and kind notes.
Try this Print a row on a thank you note so a child can sign it for a classmate who helped them.
A sunny yellow butterfly with orange dots sits inside a thick white sticker edge. It is bright and easy to cut for reward charts.
Try this Add one sticker to a behavior chart each time a group finishes cleanup before the timer.
A purple cartoon butterfly flutters and seems to wave hello. It is a cheerful corner picture for a newsletter or a welcome slide.
Try this Put it in the corner of a weekly parent newsletter beside a short hello from the class.
Butterfly on Flower Clipart and Butterfly Life Cycle Clipart
Butterflies and flowers go together in spring lessons and garden crafts. The life cycle set gives you every stage in one picture.
An orange butterfly rests on a white daisy in muted mid-century tones. It makes a nice spring garden sign or a seed packet label.
Try this Use it on homemade seed packet labels for a class garden or a spring plant sale.
Four stages sit side by side: a tiny egg on a leaf, a striped caterpillar, a green chrysalis and an adult butterfly. Cut them apart for sequencing.
Try this Cut the four stages apart and have first graders glue them in order on a paper plate wheel.
Three small marker butterflies flutter in a line with dotted flight paths. Line up several copies to make an easy page border.
Try this Copy it across the top and bottom of a spring writing paper for second grade journals.
Butterfly Clipart Black and White
Need butterfly clipart black and white for coloring or cutting? Wide open wings leave room for crayons, and the solid black shape is a breeze for a cutting machine.
A simple butterfly outline with large open wing shapes and a few circles. Little kids can color it, and older kids can turn it into a symmetry drawing.
Try this Fold the page in half and have second graders copy one wing's pattern onto the other side.
Two butterflies fly at different angles with clean outlines and simple wing patterns. They make a sweet corner for a coloring page or a card.
Try this Print them on the front of a blank card and let kids color the wings to match a parent's favorite colors.
A solid black butterfly with scalloped wing edges and curled antennae. It cuts well in vinyl and looks lovely on a window or a kraft paper display.
Try this Cut a dozen from black paper and tape them to a sunny window for a spring hallway display.
Butterfly Ideas for the Classroom
- Pre-K and K: Make a symmetry painting. Print the simple outline, add paint to one wing, fold the paper and press.
- Grade 1: Use the life cycle set for sequencing. Kids glue the four stages on a paper plate and add arrows.
- Grades 2 and 3: Start a butterfly journal. The realistic monarch and the rainbow wings make good covers, and the bug pictures on our insect clipart page help with a mini beast hunt.
- Grades 4 and 5: Teach migration with the monarch on a map slide, then compare insects that pollinate with the honey makers on the bee page.
Color Pairings and Cutting Tips for Butterflies
Butterflies pop on soft backgrounds. Try the pink butterfly on mint, the monarch on pale blue and the yellow sticker on lavender. The black silhouette looks bold on kraft paper or hot pink.
Each PNG is 1000 pixels square. A 3 inch print at 300 dpi stays crisp, so they are right for stickers, gift tags and cupcake toppers. For a big wall display, use the silhouette and trace it, since one solid shape scales up without blur.
When cutting by hand, leave a tiny margin around the antennae so they do not snap off. On a cutting machine, the silhouette is the safest pick because it has no thin inner lines. More spring pictures are on our spring clipart page.
Questions people ask
Can I use this butterfly clipart for free?
Yes, at home, in class, in school projects and for any non-commercial use. Giving credit is up to you. We only ask that the butterflies are not resold as image files and that you get in touch through our Contact page before using one on something with a price tag.
Where are the butterfly images clip art in black and white?
It is in the last section. There is a simple outline, a pair of flying butterflies and a solid silhouette. Grab the two outline pictures for crayon time and the solid black one for scissors or vinyl.
Is the butterfly clipart PNG transparent?
Yes. Every butterfly saves as a PNG with no background, so it sits on colored paper or a slide with no white edge around the wings.
Do you have monarch butterfly clipart for a science lesson?
Yes. The realistic monarch shows the real orange wings, black veins and white dots. It works on a migration map, a life cycle report or a pollinator poster.
Is there a butterfly clipart outline that is easy for preschool?
The simple butterfly outline has big open wing shapes and thick lines. Three and four year olds can color it with chunky crayons or use it for fold and press painting.
Do you have pink butterfly clipart for a party?
Yes. The cute pink butterfly with heart wings fits birthday invitations, party favor tags and cupcake toppers. Pair it with the yellow dotted sticker for a bright party set.
