How to Draw Butterfly Body Parts

1. Begin the butterfly body parts drawing by sketching the head. Use two small ovals for the eyes, and connect them with curved lines to enclose the round head.

Then, extend two long curved lines for the antennae. Draw a small oval at the end of each antenna.

2. Enclose an oval for the middle of the body. For the abdomen, extend a long curved line and double it back on itself. Do the same for the roughly triangular shape of the wing.

3. Enclose the remaining forewing, a mirror image of the first. Then use long curved lines to draw the rear wings.

4. Begin drawing the patterns on the butterfly's wings. Draw a large oval on each, as well as several rectangular, rounded shapes.

5. Draw another shape in each forewing, followed by two in each rear wing.

6. Draw four more shapes in each rear wing.

7. Draw small ovals and irregular rounded shapes along the edges of the front wings.

8. Draw small ovals along the edges of the rear wings. Next, begin labeling the parts of the butterfly.

Write the words "Antenna," "Head," and "Eye," and draw long straight lines from each word to the part it describes. You can use a ruler or another straight edge to make the lines.

9. Continue to label the butterfly's parts. Working clockwise, apply the terms "Apex," "Discal cell," "Veins," "Abdomen," "Hindwing," "Thorax," and "Forewing."

Your cartoon butter body parts outline is now complete. Color your diagram. The monarch butterfly has a black body, black wing edges, bright orange wing spots, and small white spots.