25 Truly Beautiful Butterfly Photos

Posted by , Updated on November 27, 2023

Butterflies are pretty majestic creatures in general. While even the most rookie of photographers could snap a decent butterfly image with their camera phone, there are some photographers that really capture the wow-factor. While this is in no way an exhaustive photo list, we thought you’d enjoy a taste of what’s out there. Ready to see some butterflies? From butterfly images with flowers to butterfly images that are wallpaper worthy, here are 25 Truly Beautiful Butterfly Photos!

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butterfly black blue orange
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blue butterfly on cherry blossoms
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butterfly on orange flowers
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glass wing
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white butterfly
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black and blue butterfly
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yellow butterfly on log
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butterflies on stick
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piano key butterfly
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black butterfly
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black and white butterfly
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butterfly red spot
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butterfly with purple
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two butterflies red blue
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black butterflies yellow flower
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butterfly bright red flower


Photo: 1. pixabay, 2. Joseph Lazer, Mud-puddling butterflies by Joseph Lazer, CC BY-SA 2.5 IN , 3. pexels, 4. shutterstock, 5. pexels, 6. pexels, 7. pexels, 8. pexels, 9. pexels, 10. SuperManu, Butterfly-vulcan-papillon-vulcain-vanessa-atalanta, CC BY-SA 3.0 , 11. Thomas Quine, Black butterfly wingspread (25102112795), CC BY 2.0 , 12. Aparajita Datta, Constable butterfly Dichorragia nesimachus, CC BY-SA 3.0 , 13. William M. Connolley , Adonis Blue butterflies, CC BY-SA 3.0 , 14. pexels, 15. Judy Gallagher, Piano Key - Heliconius melpomene, Butterfly World, Coconut Creek, Florida, CC BY 2.0 , 16. Ian Kirk from Broadstone, Dorset, UK, Silver Studded Blue butterfly (9126228121), CC BY 2.0 , 17. shutterstock, 18. shutterstock, 19. shutterstock, 20. pixabay, 21. Pexels, 22. Eddy Van 3000 from in Flanders fields - Belgiquistan - United Tribes ov Europe, E3000 - the wings-become-windows butterfly. (by-sa), CC BY-SA 2.0 , 23. shutterstock, 24. shutterstock, 25. shutterstock