From swallowtails to monarchs, butterflies are beloved. Hardly any other species can match their beauty. They represent femininity and gracefulness. If you love butterflies and are looking for a way to make your personal bank checks unique and interesting, then you should definitely think about letting the winged ones decorate your checks.

With gorgeous butterfly images on your checks, your finances will never be boring again. You won't be able to help but smile each and every time you glance at your checkbook.

There are many different types of butterfly checks available for purchase. Bradford Exchange Checks features a popular series entitled the "Butterfly Kisses." These checks feature for different butterfly designs, each one with splashing colors and creative images. The colors are vibrant and reminiscent of a rainbow or a bed of flowers.

Another popular series of butterfly checks are images that have been painted by world famous artist Lena Liu. These beautiful whimsical designs contain muted colors and delicate details. The butterflies appear to be flying right off the checks. The checks are called "Lena Liu's Enchanted Wings" and feature four different designs. Just looking at these gorgeous checks every time you get into your purse will make you feel as if spring has arrived.

If it's babies and butterflies that you love, then a great way to combine both is to purchase the Anne Geddes "Butterfly Babies" checks. These checks also come in four rotating designs, each one with an adorable image of a baby dressed as a butterfly. Matching address labels, contact cards, and checkbook cover are available with this series as well.

If you want to guard your new butterfly checks, you can also buy a matching leather checkbook cover for some of the check series. The checkbook cover designs vary by the company that you order from, but a fashionable one contains two exquisite orange butterflies resting on a bouquet of yellow flowers.

Duplicate and side-tear checks are also available with butterfly designs. Duplicate checks can be good because they leave behind a carbon copy of each check that you write. Side-tear checks are great because they rip out from the side rather than from the top and therefore decrease the odds of tearing the check.

It used to be expensive to buy personal checks that had designs and images. Not anymore, now that we have use of the internet. By ordering your butterfly checks online, you can even save as much as 50% off of the cost that your bank offers you.

When you purchase your butterfly checks on the internet, you will need to know your checking account number and your routing number. This is vital because the numbers need to be printed onto the checks.

You can expect to see your checks arrive in your mailbox in about 5 days. That's pretty much the same amount of time that it would have taken you to get your checks in the past, only now you can order them from the privacy of your own home.