Richard Lewington (born 1951) is a British wildlife artist renowned for his exquisite eye for detail, especially with lepidoptera.

[3] As a boy, Lewington used to draw birds but once he graduated from college in the early 1970s, he began illustrating insects.

He has made a comment that states that there is no greater diversity of a subject to illustrate because there is an infinite range of shapes, colours and textures.

[6] In 2012 Lewington won a commission to paint ten butterfly images for a set of first-class postage stamps for Royal Mail, which were available from 11 July 2013.

[7][8] He designed a further set of six Royal Mail postage stamps, released in October 2020, featuring insects.