Original Dainty Swallowtail Butterfly life cycle watercolour painting by Nadya Neklioudova by Nadya Neklioudova

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A detailed watercolour painting of a butterfly life cycle, with a white paper background. Branches and leaves of native finger lime bush sweep from the sides through the artwork. At the top middle of the painting, is a Dainty Swallowtail butterfly, wings fully open in flight. Immediately below the butterfly is a side view of the same species of butterfly - it is clinging to a finger lime branch, having just emerged from its coccoon, its wings are almost ready to fly. Under it is the empty brown chrysalis or coccoon it just emerged from. Nearby is another butterfly's coccoon, green and full of life. There is also a caterpillar of this butterfly species, and two tiny eggs resting on a leaf. The butterfly life cycle can be "read" looking from the bottom to the top of the painting. At the bottom right corner of the painting are two ripe red fruits of the finger lime bush.

A detailed watercolour painting of a butterfly life cycle, with a white paper background. Branches and leaves of native finger lime bush sweep from the sides through the artwork. At the top middle of the painting, is a Dainty Swallowtail butterfly, wings fully open in flight. Immediately below the butterfly is a side view of the same species of butterfly - it is clinging to a finger lime branch, having just emerged from its coccoon, its wings are almost ready to fly. Under it is the empty brown chrysalis or coccoon it just emerged from. Nearby is another butterfly's coccoon, green and full of life. There is also a caterpillar of this butterfly species, and two tiny eggs resting on a leaf. The butterfly life cycle can be "read" looking from the bottom to the top of the painting. At the bottom right corner of the painting are two ripe red fruits of the finger lime bush.

A detailed watercolour painting of a butterfly life cycle, with a white paper background. Branches and leaves of native finger lime bush sweep from the sides through the artwork. At the top middle of the painting, is a Dainty Swallowtail butterfly, wings fully open in flight. Immediately below the butterfly is a side view of the same species of butterfly - it is clinging to a finger lime branch, having just emerged from its coccoon, its wings are almost ready to fly. Under it is the empty brown chrysalis or coccoon it just emerged from. Nearby is another butterfly's coccoon, green and full of life. There is also a caterpillar of this butterfly species, and two tiny eggs resting on a leaf. The butterfly life cycle can be "read" looking from the bottom to the top of the painting. At the bottom right corner of the painting are two ripe red fruits of the finger lime bush.

A detailed watercolour painting of a butterfly life cycle, with a white paper background. Branches and leaves of native finger lime bush sweep from the sides through the artwork. At the top middle of the painting, is a Dainty Swallowtail butterfly, wings fully open in flight. Immediately below the butterfly is a side view of the same species of butterfly - it is clinging to a finger lime branch, having just emerged from its coccoon, its wings are almost ready to fly. Under it is the empty brown chrysalis or coccoon it just emerged from. Nearby is another butterfly's coccoon, green and full of life. There is also a caterpillar of this butterfly species, and two tiny eggs resting on a leaf. The butterfly life cycle can be "read" looking from the bottom to the top of the painting. At the bottom right corner of the painting are two ripe red fruits of the finger lime bush.

A detailed watercolour painting of a butterfly life cycle, with a white paper background. Branches and leaves of native finger lime bush sweep from the sides through the artwork. At the top middle of the painting, is a Dainty Swallowtail butterfly, wings fully open in flight. Immediately below the butterfly is a side view of the same species of butterfly - it is clinging to a finger lime branch, having just emerged from its coccoon, its wings are almost ready to fly. Under it is the empty brown chrysalis or coccoon it just emerged from. Nearby is another butterfly's coccoon, green and full of life. There is also a caterpillar of this butterfly species, and two tiny eggs resting on a leaf. The butterfly life cycle can be "read" looking from the bottom to the top of the painting. At the bottom right corner of the painting are two ripe red fruits of the finger lime bush.

A detailed watercolour painting of a butterfly life cycle, with a white paper background. Branches and leaves of native finger lime bush sweep from the sides through the artwork. At the top middle of the painting, is a Dainty Swallowtail butterfly, wings fully open in flight. Immediately below the butterfly is a side view of the same species of butterfly - it is clinging to a finger lime branch, having just emerged from its coccoon, its wings are almost ready to fly. Under it is the empty brown chrysalis or coccoon it just emerged from. Nearby is another butterfly's coccoon, green and full of life. There is also a caterpillar of this butterfly species, and two tiny eggs resting on a leaf. The butterfly life cycle can be "read" looking from the bottom to the top of the painting. At the bottom right corner of the painting are two ripe red fruits of the finger lime bush.

Nadya Neklioudova
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The Dainty Swallowtail (other name Dingy Swallowtail, scientific name Papilio anactus) butterfly is a regular visitor to my garden. This native Australian butterfly loves citrus plants, and is illustrated just the way I found it in my garden – on a native Finger Lime bush.

I managed to get a reference photo of 3 stages of its life cycle together in one shot (caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly) which inspired this detailed life cycle painting. You can see by the close-up image how much time and care went into faithfully painting tiny details of the butterflies and surrounding plants. If you look closely, the butterfly eggs are there too - completing, and continuing, the life cycle.

This original painting is framed in a gorgeous natural timber frame and sage-green mat. It's ready to hang, and bring garden joy into your home or office.

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watercolour on Arches paper 300GSM

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Framed dimensions - 41.0(W) x 51.0(H).

Artwork dimensions - 27.0(W) x 37.0(H).

Nadya Neklioudova
68 artworks

Brisbane, Australia

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