Painted Lady Butterfly Coloring Page — Easy

This beginner-friendly Painted Lady Butterfly Coloring Page features the world's most widely distributed butterfly in a simple, inviting outline — broad wing panels, clear shapes, and bold lines make it the ideal first butterfly coloring page for children and beginners. Part of our free butterfly coloring pages collection.

The painted lady butterfly is found on every continent except Antarctica and South America, completing an annual migration between West Africa and the Arctic Circle of up to 9,000 miles — a journey only confirmed by scientists in 2009 using hydrogen isotope analysis of wing scales.

Fill the orange-brown wing panels using warm burnt sienna or rust, then add the distinctive black spots and borders. The white spots near the wing tips are best achieved by leaving the paper white. A gentle orange-to-amber gradient from wing centre outward adds depth without difficulty.

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