Butterfly Life Cyle Pictures
of Eggs, Larva, Pupa, and Adult

Assignment: Students can use these butterfly life cycle images in their projects. All of the pictures are free to copy and use. These pictures can be used to teach students how butterflies grow and change in their lifecycle. Students could construct their own butterfly lifecycle example by using these pictures in documents, slides, or in multimedia slideshows.

The images below are in not in actual life cycle order. Students should place them in the correct order to properly represent the butterfly life cycle. To save these pictures right click and "Save picture as." Students may also use copy and paste.

Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle Pictures

Adult Butterfly
Butterfly Larva
Butterfly Pupa
Monarch Butterfly Egg

Images are licensed under Creative Commons

Egg, Larva and Pupa Images by SidPix

Adult Monarch by Armon

Marsh Fritillary Butterfly Life Cycle Pictures

Marsh Fritillary Butterfly Eggs
Marsh Fritillary Butterfly Larva
Marsh Fritillary Butterfly Pupa
Marsh Fritillary Butterfly Adults

Images are licensed under Creative Commons

Eggs, Pupa and Adults images by Gilles San Martin

Larva by Deanster

Swallowtail Butterfly Life Cycle Pictures

Adult Swallowtail Butterfly
Swallowtail Egg
Swallowtail Larva (caterpillar)
Swallowtail Pupa (chrysalis)

Images are licensed under Creative Commons

Adult Swallowtail by knottyboy

Swallowtail egg by Anne Toal

Swallowtail Larva by USFWS Headquarters

Swallowtail pupa by pondhawk

Butterfly Life Cycle Pictures

Butterfly Larva (Caterpillar)
Butterfly Pupa (Chrysalis)
Adult Butterfly
Butterfly Egg

Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle Pictures

Butterfly Larva (Caterpillar)
Butterfly Pupa (Chrysalis)
Adult Butterfly
Butterfly Egg

Images by William Vann

Images by butterflypictures.net