Monarch Butterflies Coloring Pages

Choose an easy open-winged monarch or explore butterfly wings, milkweed and flower-garden scenes. Monarchs are known for orange wings, dark veins and spotted borders.

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A monarch rests on a slender-petaled flower beside leafy stems and a garden fence.

Monarch on an Aster Spray

medium

A monarch hangs beneath an empty chrysalis on a leafy twig, with folded wings above a flower meadow.

Monarch beside Its Empty Chrysalis

detailed

A single monarch butterfly with open wings, broad panels and round spots on a plain background.

Easy Monarch Butterfly

easy

A striped monarch caterpillar crawls along a milkweed leaf while an adult butterfly flies above the flower buds.

Monarch Caterpillar on Milkweed

detailed

A monarch rests on flowers in a window box beneath open shutters and curtains.

Monarch at a Cottage Window Box

detailed

A monarch spreads its wings on a broad leaf dotted with dew, among clover and grasses.

Monarch on a Dewy Leaf

medium

Two monarch butterflies fly above milkweed and coneflowers.

Monarchs in the Flower Garden

detailed

A monarch visits a flower in a woven hanging basket filled with blooms and trailing leaves.

Monarch and a Hanging Flower Basket

detailed

A monarch butterfly rests on a cluster of milkweed flowers.

Monarch on Milkweed

medium

A monarch spreads its wings beside two open milkweed pods, as silky seeds drift above broad leaves.

Monarch and Milkweed Seed Pods

detailed

A monarch butterfly spreads its veined wings with white spots along the edges.

Monarch Butterfly with Open Wings

easy

A monarch spreads its wings above a wooden flower bed, with a trowel and stepping stones below.

Monarch above a Raised Flower Bed

detailed

Matching wings or a flower visit?

Choose between a simple open view and many small flower shapes.

Open and balanced

The isolated butterfly has broad panels and large border circles. Useful for matching colors on both sides.

Easy Monarch Butterfly →

Side view on flowers

The folded wings have smaller white spots above clustered flowers and veined leaves. Choose this for finer pencil work.

Monarch on Milkweed →

Orange panels, dark borders

Print the original line drawing linked below. The numbered areas match the color key and steps; use the colored example as a starting point, then choose your own colors if you prefer.

Try it on paper

Original coloring page: Easy Monarch Butterfly →

Orange-winged butterfly with charcoal borders and body and white circular spots. — A digital color suggestion, not a photograph of a printed result. Open the original line drawing to print and try your own colors.

1. Orange wing panels
2. Charcoal border and body
3. White border spots

Fill the broad enclosed panels inside all four wings orange.
Color the outer border around the circles and the central head and segmented body charcoal gray.
Leave every border circle, the antennae and background white.

The circles should stay distinct from the dark border. Match left and right panels; this is a simplified artistic example.

More selection and activity ideas

Choose a page

For larger spaces, choose a single butterfly on a plain background. Flower gardens, woven baskets, pine needles and seed pods add smaller shapes and lines.

Try it together

On an open-winged picture, compare the shapes on the left and right and try matching colors. In a garden scene, give the butterfly and the flowers different colors so each stands out.

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