Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Colour realism tattoo of two butterflies resting on yellow flowers with purple centres, placed on the calf.
Butterflies on yellow flowers on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses and a butterfly running up a forearm, with small script on the wrist.
Black and grey roses on a forearm
Small tribal-style butterfly tattoo with dark navy scrollwork outlines and purple shading on the lower back.
Filigree butterfly tattoo on lower back
Sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, including stars, arrows, hearts, an infinity sign, an anchor, a shell, a butterfly and tribal bands, on a white background.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo sheet
Black and grey tattoos on bare legs in a bath, including a rose with leaves, script lettering reading SELF and floral designs on the thighs.
Lettering and rose tattoos on thighs in a bath
Small blue and teal butterfly tattoo with a black outline on a person's lower abdomen, just above the waistband of jeans.
Small blue butterfly on the lower abdomen
Black and grey floral vine tattoo with two flowers, a leaf and a butterfly-like shape running down the side of the ribs.
Floral vine tattoo on the side of the ribs
Colour tattoo of butterflies and an orange flower with swirling vines across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade.
Butterflies and orange flower across a back
Colour lettering tattoo reading Do what you LOVE What you do, with a yellow basketball replacing the O, a blue butterfly and a music note, in a mixed black and colour style.
Do what you love lettering with basketball
Black silhouette tattoo design of a dandelion seed head on a long stem, with seeds drifting into a trail of butterflies on a white background.
Dandelion seeds turning into butterflies
Fine line tattoo of a butterfly and the word love within an infinity symbol on the upper back, near the neck, with small star shapes around it.
Butterfly and love infinity on upper back
Colour butterfly tattoo with black-edged wings in blue, purple and green, shaded to look three-dimensional, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Blue and green butterfly on a shoulder
Colourful peace symbol tattoo on a shoulder, with sun faces, stars, clouds, flowers, a globe and a butterfly in a bold illustrative style.
Peace symbol with sun and nature panels on shoulder
Colour tattoo of a pink filigree heart with a grey ribbon and a purple and yellow butterfly on the top of a foot.
Butterfly and filigree heart on foot
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face and eye with a butterfly on the forearm.
Realistic face portrait with butterfly on forearm
Black and grey shaded drawing of a butterfly in side view with detailed wing veins and spots, on a plain white background.
Shaded butterfly in flight
Mostly black and grey Neo-trad tattoo of an ornate heart padlock and key with butterflies and faint purple swirls across a person's upper back.
Heart padlock and key with butterflies on the back
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on the ankle, with wings made of banknotes, a banner reading MOR and a small heart.
Butterfly made of banknotes on an ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo on a thigh showing a shaded skull with a monarch butterfly, a rose, and a rosary with a cross.
Skull, butterfly and rose with rosary
Black and grey shaded butterfly tattoo on the upper arm, with bold black wing outlines and soft grey shading across the wing panels.
Shaded butterfly tattoo on upper arm
Colour butterfly tattoo with black linework and blue and purple wing fill, sitting above swirled script reading Live Laugh Love on a lower leg.
Butterfly and Live Laugh Love script on a calf
Black and grey butterfly with filigree wings beside a grey awareness ribbon reading Diabetes, with a small red drip, on a forearm.
Butterfly and diabetes awareness ribbon
Fine line black and grey butterfly with curling vine tattoo on the top of a foot.
Butterfly and vine tattoo on a foot
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a red rose and green butterfly with black outlines on a thigh beside the knee, with a close-up of the same motif on an upper arm.
Rose and butterfly tattoo on thigh and upper arm
Black and grey tattoo flash design covering a phone case, with swallows, a moth, a compass, a rose, a microphone and chevrons in a traditional style.
Black and grey flash sheet of swallows and a moth
Black ink pen drawing of an anatomical heart with daisies, a rose and morning glory growing from it, with butterflies and birds around it.
Anatomical heart with flowers and butterflies
Silver-white metallic temporary tattoo of a lace-patterned butterfly on a person's upper back, with the head and shoulder partly visible.
Lace butterfly on upper back
Four cartoon-style butterflies in teal and orange with black outlines, arranged in a diagonal line across the side of the ribs.
Four butterflies in a line on the side
Flash design of a woman with flowing hair framed by peonies, a bee and butterflies, with a Virgo symbol and a banner reading Virgo.
Virgo zodiac portrait flash
Shaded purple lotus flowers and a purple butterfly tattoo on a person's lower back, with a black lace waistband visible at the bottom edge.
Purple lotus flowers and butterfly on lower back
Realistic tattoo design of a geisha holding a katana, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms and butterflies, with grey shading in a Japanese theme.
Geisha with katana and cherry blossoms
Black line flash sheet of small fine line designs, including semicolons, a ribbon, a cross, a dragonfly, a key and lettering such as Hope, Faith and Never Give Up, shown on white paper.
Semicolon and inspirational word flash sheet
Colourful tree of life tattoo across a person's lower and upper back, with a striped orange trunk, leaves, fruit, birds and blue flowers in a botanical style.
Tree of life with birds and flowers across the back
Realistic colour tattoo of a Dutch-style flower bouquet with tulips, peonies, a butterfly and morning glories across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Floral still life across a back and shoulder
Pencil drawing of a skull merged with a tattered moth with spiked wings, shaded in a realistic greyscale style, shown on paper with no body placement.
Skull and moth wings in pencil
Colour tattoo of a fairy sitting on a branch beside blue butterflies, with the branches sweeping across the upper chest and onto the shoulder.
Fairy and butterfly tree on chest and shoulder
Black script quote wrapping the ribs and side of the torso, with a teal realistic butterfly tattoo near the hip and an inset close-up of the butterfly.
Script quote on ribs with butterfly
Woman with gold metallic geometric temporary tattoos on her forearms, wrist, hand and fingers, with a vertical filigree design down her midriff.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on wrists and hand
Dark grey outlined butterfly tattoo with patterned wing detail on the upper arm, next to a white lace top and a red brick wall.
Butterfly tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a woman with a blunt fringe, a skull, white butterflies and black birds, with a small colour rose visible lower left.
Woman, skull and butterflies on back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a top hat, shaded rose, pocket watch, key and two butterflies across a person's upper back.
Top hat, rose and pocket watch on upper back
Realistic 3D butterfly tattoo in pink and blue with black edging, placed on the shoulder with a soft cast shadow beneath it.
3D butterfly on a shoulder
Traditional colour tattoo on a calf showing a red rose with green leaves, an orange monarch butterfly and a lettered banner.
Rose, butterfly and banner on a calf
Two black and grey butterflies with turquoise spots and wing edges, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Two butterflies on a wrist
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on the upper arm beside a cursive script quote across the back, shown from behind.
Butterfly and script quote on arm and back
Black and grey pencil-shaded butterfly design in side view with long antennae, drawn as a realistic tattoo sketch with no body placement shown.
Pencil-shaded butterfly in side view
Colour tattoo of two faceted blue geometric butterflies with a black quote reading This action will have consequences across the upper chest.
Two geometric butterflies and a quote on the chest
Colourful butterfly tattoo with red, pink and blue wings and black edging, placed on the side of the ribs.
Watercolour butterfly on the ribs