Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Three small black butterfly tattoos in a fine line style on a person's shoulder, with a blue sky blurred in the background.
Three butterflies on a shoulder
Traditional style butterfly tattoo in bold blues, reds, oranges and greens with black outlines, placed on the inner forearm.
Traditional butterfly on a forearm
Black ink traditional flash sheet of butterflies and moths, including a central moth with a woman's face, skulls, tigers and a lantern, on cream paper.
Butterfly and moth flash sheet
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a rocket with two roses and a butterfly on the side of a ribcage.
Rocket, roses and butterfly on ribs
Shaded blue feather with the script 'Take these broken wings and learn to fly' and small butterflies, a realism and lettering tattoo on the upper back.
Blue feather and lettering on upper back
Black line drawing of a stylised bee with butterfly-like striped wings, curled antennae and a patterned abdomen on a white background.
Stylised bee with swirled antennae
Colour and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a shaded skull, a red rose, a pale butterfly, bird silhouettes and a lettered banner.
Skull, rose and butterflies on a forearm
Small black fine line butterfly tattoo on the nape of a person's neck, with hair pulled up and a hand visible at the top left.
Butterfly on the nape of the neck
Orange and black monarch butterfly tattoo in a traditional style on the ankle of a foot wearing a printed shoe.
Monarch butterfly tattoo on a foot
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, a compass and a butterfly with a ribbon banner across the upper arm of a person with blonde hair.
Roses, compass and butterfly on upper arm
Pencil sketch of two unicorn heads with monarch-style butterflies, drawn as a tattoo design on plain paper with no body part shown.
Two unicorns with butterflies pencil design
Black and grey shaded butterfly tattoo with outlined wings on the upper back, just below the nape of the neck.
Butterfly tattoo on upper back
Two blue butterflies with grey smoky swirls and small sparkles, tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue butterflies with smoke swirls on upper back
Fine line black ink tattoos on both arms of a person in a brown tank top, including a heart with text, a deer with butterfly wings and a feather, on the forearms and upper arms.
Small fine line tattoos across both arms
Black line drawing of a butterfly at the start of a swirling musical staff with notes and scrolls, shown as a tattoo design on a grey background.
Butterfly and music staff swirl design
Realistic shaded grey roses with black lace scrollwork and small teal and pink butterflies, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Roses, lace and butterflies across a back
Realistic blue butterfly tattoo with black shading on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue butterfly on the upper back
Colour tattoo of a swallowtail butterfly above a red sofa inside an ornate oval frame, in neo-traditional style on the calf.
Butterfly and sofa in an ornate frame
Upper back tattoo of three butterflies made from shaded footprints, with blue, pink and green washes and script names beneath.
Three footprint butterflies across upper back
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with orange wings and black outlines on the upper arm above the elbow.
Monarch butterfly on upper arm
A black silhouette of a woman with red butterflies rising from her head, beside red script on the upper back, reading I am not afraid to keep on living.
Butterflies and silhouette with script on upper back
Colour tattoo of a sleeping cartoon princess surrounded by pansies, a pink rose, a butterfly and a bee, with bold black outlines, on the upper thigh.
Sleeping cartoon princess among flowers on thigh
Black and grey tattoo of two butterflies beside the script phrase 'My Sister's Keeper' on a person's chest, with a thin chain necklace visible.
Two butterflies and script on the chest
Realistic green and black butterfly tattoo with soft shadowing on the upper shoulder and collarbone area.
Green butterfly on a shoulder
Two black lace-style butterfly tattoo designs on a white background, one with dotted wing panels and one with mesh wing panels, both with dangling dotted chains.
Two lace-winged butterfly designs
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with green, yellow-green, pink and orange wings and black outlines, on the upper arm of a person wearing a dark top.
Multicoloured monarch butterfly on upper arm
Black ink flash design of a butterfly with ornamental swirling wings and long curled antennae, shown without any body placement.
Ornamental swirl butterfly design
Close-up photo of a black ink tattoo of a butterfly built from ornamental swirls and dots on a person's arm.
Swirl butterfly tattoo on skin
Black and grey butterfly tattoos cascade down a bare back, with stars near the neck and scrolling vine work across the lower back.
Butterflies and scrollwork across a back
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly in a realistic style, with orange and black wings and a soft grey shadow beneath it on the skin.
Monarch butterfly with cast shadow
Black and grey photo of a small fine line butterfly tattoo with swirled wings on the back of a person's neck, hair tied up.
Small swirled butterfly on the back of the neck
Mixed-colour skull and butterfly tattoo with red eye sockets on the top of a foot, in a traditional style.
Skull and butterfly hybrid on the top of a foot
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a limb showing an orange butterfly, leaves, a geometric flower and a bird's head, with black outlines and dot shading.
Neo-traditional butterfly and bird on a limb
Black and grey botanical tattoo of tall flower stems, foliage and a butterfly running down a bare back, in a Botanical style on the Back.
Botanical back piece with butterfly
Colour butterfly tattoo with puzzle piece pattern and black outlines, shown on the top of a pair of bare feet between the toes.
Puzzle piece butterfly across the feet
Colour tattoo of pink cherry blossom branches and a purple butterfly running from the ribs across the side of the abdomen, in a Japanese style.
Cherry blossom branch and butterfly on ribs and hip
Black and grey photograph of a small shaded butterfly tattoo on the upper back of a person wearing a lace-trimmed top.
Small butterfly on upper back
Black ink fine line tattoo of a dandelion whose seeds drift into small butterfly silhouettes beside the words what's past is prologue, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dandelion seeds and quote across upper back
Back of a woman with blonde hair in a bun, showing a colourful botanical tattoo of peonies, leaves and two small butterflies running down the spine.
Peony and rose vine down the spine
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with ornate shaded wings and hanging beaded drops on a person's forearm, with the hand open below it.
Ornate butterfly with hanging drops on a forearm
Solid black cat silhouette reaching up towards a small teal butterfly tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Black cat reaching for a butterfly on a wrist
Colour realism tattoo of a butterfly with black, tan, blue-grey and yellow wings on the outer thigh, with denim shorts visible at the edge of the frame.
Realistic butterfly on the thigh
Colour tattoo of a blue butterfly with orange markings and black outlines on a woman's shoulder.
Blue butterfly on a shoulder
Lilac and grey butterfly tattoo with filigree scrollwork wings and a heart-shaped top, placed on the forearm, with a small red heart tattoo partly visible at the bottom left.
Lilac butterfly and heart on forearm
Pencil drawing of a botanical tattoo design with a climbing vine, tulip-style flowers and three butterflies, shaded in black and grey.
Vine with tulips and butterflies
Black and grey footprint tattoo with a small orange monarch butterfly and swirling script-like linework on the side of the ribs.
Footprints and butterfly on the ribs
Close-up of a fine line butterfly tattoo with swirling tendrils on the inside of an ear, with a small stud earring below.
Butterfly and swirls on the ear
Mixed colour tattoo of a ribbon with script and dandelion seeds drifting into butterflies on the side of the ribs, in a botanical style.
Awareness ribbon and dandelion on the ribs