Free animated butterflies with background shadow

We love making butterflies. Dave even has several collections of butterfly cigarette cards hanging on his study wall. These animations are simple to make if you have the right software and to produce a shadow is an extra bonus. We have made these butterflies as a Flash movie and it is possible to make the shadow transparent to give a really good 3D effect. With these animations there was no need to make a transparent background because the whole animation is filled with coloured pixels.
Marsh Fritillary
Catagramma Pitheas
Peacock butterfly
Swallowtail butterfly
Small peacock butterfly
Peacock butterfly at an angle
Large peacock butterfly
Tiny peacock butterfly

I originally got the idea for these free butterfly animations from a wonderful collection of Players cigarette cards that I
have framed and hanging on the wall above my computer. They all have a transparent background and can be used
on a light coloured background.
People often said that they like the peacock butterfly that I used to have in my header logo for Sevenoaks Art so I sorted out some of the prototypes made as animated gifs that I was considering for the logo. The header was actually a Flash animation using several frames from an animated gif.

Have fun with these butterfly animations and use them for any project you like. Of course they are truly original and should only be found in the Sevenoaks Art collection. More butterflies available on the links below.

  1. Framed Butterflies with shadow

  2. Butterflies and insects