Butterfly Coloring Pages

Butterflies in flower gardens, over lavender fields and sunflowers, a monarch on milkweed and the whole life cycle from caterpillar to wings, ready to color. Tap a picture to color it online, or print it for colored pencils.

Toddlers get big, simple butterflies, school-age kids get garden and meadow scenes, and teens and adults get mandala and stained-glass butterflies.

Fun facts about butterflies

Butterflies taste with their feet and drink nectar through a long tongue called a proboscis that curls up like a hose. Their wings are covered in thousands of tiny scales that give them their colors.

Monarch butterflies travel up to 3,000 miles to spend the winter in the mountains of Mexico. Every butterfly goes through four stages: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and adult.

Coloring tips for butterflies

Butterfly wings are symmetrical, so color the left and right wings to match. Monarchs are bright orange with black veins and white dots along the edges; blue morphos are shimmering blue, and swallowtails are yellow and black.

Try warm colors near the body fading to cooler colors at the wing tips, or fill each wing section with its own shade for a stained-glass look. Online, tap the wing sections one by one for a neat, even finish.

Questions

Are these butterfly coloring pages free?
Yes. Every butterfly page is free to color online or print at home or school, and each has a US Letter PDF.
Which butterfly pages are easiest?
The simple pages, like the big round-winged butterfly and the butterfly on a flower, have thick lines and big areas.
Do you have a butterfly life cycle coloring page?
Yes. The life cycle page shows a caterpillar, a chrysalis and a butterfly together on a leafy branch, great for science lessons.
Are there butterfly coloring pages for adults?
The mandala butterfly and the stained-glass butterfly have large decorative sections for a relaxing, detailed session.

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