Swallowtail Butterfly Maze
A real, solvable maze shaped like a swallowtail butterfly — generated by algorithm, verified to have a single solution, and free to print. Start at the red flag and find your way to the checkered flag.
Free for personal & classroom use. For commercial use — products, KDP books, or resale — get a Commercial License.
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Best for ages
- 8+
- Est. solve time
- 15–25 min
- Grid
- 150×111
- Solution path
- 2,569 cells
- Corridor cells
- 7,801
- Dead ends
- 828
- Solutions
- 1 (verified)
About the Swallowtail Butterfly
Swallowtails are large, brightly colored butterflies named for the small tail-like points on their back wings, which recall a swallow bird's forked tail. The family includes more than 550 species, among them the birdwings, the biggest butterflies in the world. They flutter across nearly every continent, mostly in warm, tropical places. Print this swallowtail for a garden or pollinator lesson, following the path out to the wing tails.
- Swallowtails are named for the tail-like tips on their hindwings.
- The family includes the birdwings, the largest butterflies on Earth.
- There are over 550 swallowtail species.
Solution
How to use this maze
- Start at the red flag and trace a path to the checkered flag — there is one correct route.
- Print on A4 or US Letter at 100% scale; the solution image above is the answer key.
- Free for classroom, homeschool, and personal printing.
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