Butterfly and Moth Watercolor Illustrations — Kristin Frank

Butterfly and Moth

Watercolor Paintings

Individual watercolor paintings on hot press paper | Each rendered to-scale based on species’ wingspan

shop available watercolors

Gulf Fritillary and Clouded Yellow Butterflies (dorsal and ventral)

Hamadryas amphinome (dorsal and ventral)

Framed Butterfly Illustrations

Watercolor paintings on hot press paper | Each rendered to-scale based on species’ wingspan
Custom frames mimic taxidermy displays: Light maple shadowboxes and UV filtering museum grade glass
Frame Dimensions: 6 1/8” x 7 ¼”
Signed: L/R

Framed Butterfly Watercolor Illustrations

Framed Butterfly Watercolor Illustrations

Watercolor paintings on hot press paper
Each rendered to-scale based on the species' wingspan
Custom frames: light maple shadowboxes and UV filtering, museum grade glass
Frame Dimensions: 6 ⅛” x 7 ¼”
Each signed: L/R

Hamadryas amphinome (dorsal)

Hamadryas amphinome (dorsal)

Original watercolor painting on hot press paper

Painting features a detailed watercolor study of the dorsal view of the red cracker butterfly, Hamadryas amphinome. It is rendered to-scale based on the species’s wingspan of approximately 3 3/8”

Custom Frame: light maple shadowbox
Glass is UV filtering and museum grade
Dimensions: 6 ⅛ x 7 ¼”
Signed: L/R

Delias hyparete (dorsal)

Delias hyparete (dorsal)

Original watercolor painting on hot press paper

Painting features a detailed watercolor study of the dorsal view of a painted Jezebel butterfly, Delias hyparete. It is rendered to-scale based on the species’s wingspan of approximately 2.9”

Custom Frame: light maple shadowbox
Glass is UV filtering and museum grade
Dimensions: 6 ⅛ x 7 ¼”
Signed: L/R

Aeropetes tulbaghia (dorsal)

Aeropetes tulbaghia (dorsal)

Original watercolor painting on hot press paper

Painting features a detailed watercolor study of the dorsal view of a Table Mountain beauty or Mountain pride butterfly, Aeropetes tulbaghia . It is rendered to-scale based on the species’s wingspan of approximately 3.5”

Custom Frame: light maple shadowbox
Glass is UV filtering and museum grade
Dimensions: 6 ⅛ x 7 ¼”
Signed: L/R

Junonia coenia (dorsal)

Junonia coenia (dorsal)

Original watercolor painting on hot press paper

Painting features a detailed watercolor study of the dorsal view of a common buckeye or buckeye butterfly, Junonia coenia. It is rendered to-scale based on the species’s wingspan of approximately 2 3/4”

Custom Frame: light maple shadowbox
Glass is UV filtering and museum grade
Dimensions: 6 ⅛ x 7 ¼”
Signed: L/R

Lycorea halia (dorsal)

Lycorea halia (dorsal)

Original watercolor painting on hot press paper

Painting features a detailed watercolor study of the dorsal view of a Tiger Mimic-Queen or tropical milkweed butterfly, Lycorea halia. It is rendered to-scale based on the species’s wingspan of approximately 4”

Custom Frame: light maple shadowbox
Glass is UV filtering and museum grade
Dimensions: 6 ⅛ x 7 ¼”
Signed: L/R

Papilio demodocus (dorsal)

Papilio demodocus (dorsal)

Original watercolor painting on hot press paper

Painting features a detailed watercolor study of the dorsal view of a citrus swallowtail or Christmas butterfly, Papilio demodocus. It is rendered to-scale based on the species’s wingspan of approximately 4”

Custom Frame: light maple shadowbox
Glass is UV filtering and museum grade
Dimensions: 6 ⅛ x 7 ¼”
Signed: L/R

Papilio machaon

Papilio machaon

Original watercolor painting Ampersand claybord

Painting features a detailed watercolor study of the dorsal view of an Old World Swallowtail butterfly, Papilio machaon. It is rendered to-scale based on the species’ wingspan of approximately 3.4”

Frame: light maple floater style frame
Dimensions: 7½” x 7½” & 1¾” deep
Signed: L/R

Framed Butterfly Watercolor Illustrations

Hamadryas amphinome (dorsal)

Delias hyparete (dorsal)

Aeropetes tulbaghia (dorsal)

Junonia coenia (dorsal)

Lycorea halia (dorsal)

Papilio demodocus (dorsal)

Papilio machaon

Butterfly Specimens | Original watercolor painting on cold press paper | Signed and dated L/R | Size: 14” x 18”