An giant swallowtail resting on the tips of the flowers of a milkweed plant. The colors of the butterfly wings are in yellow, black, blue, and orange, and the body is tan and taupe. The colors of the milkweed flower are shades of yellow, red, orange, and fuchsia. The leaves of the plant are in shades of green with white incorporated into the leaves. Gold leaf frame. White linen mat with inner liner of gold scalloping and celery green inner mat closest to the painting.