Butterfly Posters, Books, Prints & Gifts

Butterflyalphabet.com is the online home of naturalist, photographer and longtime Smithsonian lecturer, Kjell (pronounced "Shell") Sandved. Kjell spent decades traveling the world, photographing countless species of butterflies. The Butterfly Alphabet and The Nature Alphabet are collections of symbols found on the wings of butterflies and in unexpected places in nature. The posters, books, prints and gifts for sale on this site have inspired the world -- particularly children -- to see meaning in the tiniest details of nature.