The Asian Manto butterfly is a rare, tiny butterfly that grows to only about 1 3/4 inches.
The free chart for this butterfly can be printed from: http://crochet.about.com/library/nmanto.htm ... I created this charted design in the year 2000.
In the example above, I crocheted the square entirely in the background color in single crochet (you could do it in afghan stitch instead) and then, with yarn, using a large-eye needle, I cross-stitched the butterfly design on, following the chart (reading the chart as one square on the chart = one single crochet stitch). How To Cross-Stitch on Single Crochet
If you prefer, you could crochet from the chart with color changes. How to Change Colors Within a Crochet Row, Changing Colors: Hints (Photos)
Butterfly design copyright (c) 2000 by Sandi Marshall, licensed to About.com, Inc. Per copyright law, do not redistribute chart or my photo of butterfly square, in any form. You may give the web page link to others, so that they may come to this site to print out the free chart for themselves. Thank you. Pattern is free for your own personal (not for profit) use only.