Invertebrate / Lepidoptera / Butterflies and moths

Peacock butterfly Aglais io cut to white

Purple emperor butterfly Apatura ilia cut to white

Red admiral Vanessa atalanta cut to white

Atlas moth Attacus atlas with wings outstretched showing glorious brown and orange marks on wings and feathered antennae

From the series of Animals of Montserrat colouring-in illustrations commissioned by UKOTCF

From the series of Animals of Montserrat colouring-in illustrations commissioned by UKOTCF

Hanno blue butterfly Hemiargus hanno completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

Red rim butterfly Biblis hyperia completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

Hanno blue butterfly Hemiargus hanno Red rim Biblis hyperia completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

Honey bee worker Apis mellifera completed for a chinaware design company

Dark green fritillary Speyeria aglaja completed for a chinaware company

Painted lady butterfly Vanessa carduii

Adonis blue butterfly Polyommatus bellargus cut to white, completed for a chinaware company

Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae at rest, completed for a chinaware design company

Small tortoiseshell Aglais urticae butterfly at rest with wings only slightly open.

Poplar Hawk Moth Laothoe populi cut to white with wings at rest held in typical position for this species

Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines butterfly on Cuckoo flower Cardamine pratense side view

Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines butterfly.  Illustration shows male butterfly with wings open.

White Admiral butterfly Limenitis camilla with outstretched wings.  This butterfly is a velvety brown with distinctive white markings, crossed with deep brown-black veins.

Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus & Queen butterfly Danaus gilippus life cycle on Mexican milkweed Asclepias curassavica.  Illustration includes pupa and caterpillar for both species.

Common or Peleides blue morpho butterfly Morpho peleides.  Butterfly is on a leaf with magnified detail of the structure of the wing scales.  These ridges cause iridescence.  Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

Small skipper Thymelicus sylvestris natural history illustration on grasses

Brimstone butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni with wings spread

Butterfly bouquest invented mix of flowers and butterfly cut to white