free butterfly knitting and beading charts

Named for the 'eyes' on its wings, the peacock is found across Europe and Asia. The peacock butterfly is one of the few butterflies that can make an audible sound, by rubbing its wings together.

To complete this chart you'll need yarn/beads in black, dark brown, light coffee-brown, tan, beige, dark red, light red, yellow and blue, plus 2-3 shades for the background (here grey, and light and dark olive green).

This large vibrant-coloured butterfly is a resident of South America. I've given him a Greek key-style border though, in reference to the name!

You'll need the following colours: Black, dark brown, mid brown, taupe, dark orange, light orange, royal blue, mid-blue, plus two shades and a contrast colour for the background.

The Goliath Birdwing is the second largest butterfly in the world, with a wingspan of up to 28cm, and is found in Papua New Guinea.

For this chart, you'll need: Black, yellow, grass-green, pale green, plus three shades of brown (or your preferred colour) for the background.

I know it's really spring here in Japan when the ki-chou (yellow butterflies) come out! It may be small and common, but it's a pretty little thing. As the name suggests, it prefers grassy environments and scrubland, whereyou'll often see them flying in pairs close to the ground.

For this chart you'll need: black, brown, yellow, yellow-brown. For the background, 3-4 shades of green, black or dark brown, white, lilac and pale lilac.