Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Traditional style flash drawing of a black butterfly wings filled with red roses, green leaves and blue and orange swirls, shown on a white background.
Butterfly with roses flash design
Colour tattoo of two purple butterflies and pink cherry blossom branches across the top of a foot, with red painted toenails.
Butterflies and cherry blossom on a foot
Black ink lace-style butterfly tattoo with dangling chain details on the chest beneath the bust, in a blackwork and fine line style.
Black lace butterfly tattoo under the bust
Colour tattoo of purple, magenta and pale blue roses with green leaves, small butterflies and fine dotted drapes across a shoulder and upper arm.
Coloured roses and dotted drapes on a shoulder
Small butterfly tattoo with black swirled linework wings and a pink and blue ribbon forming the body, on pale skin at the lower back.
Butterfly with pink and blue ribbon
Realistic colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with open wings on the top of a foot, with a quarter coin resting beside the toes.
Monarch butterfly on the top of a foot
Black blackwork tattoo of two fairy silhouettes among bare branches and roots with butterflies, on the outer thigh.
Fairy silhouettes in a bare tree on a thigh
Colour tattoo of two butterflies with swirling vine linework on the top of a foot, one pink and one blue with dotted detail.
Two butterflies on the top of a foot
Colourful butterfly and daisy tattoo with watercolour splashes and black ink details on a person's upper chest, near the collarbone.
Butterfly and daisy on the chest in watercolour style
Colour tattoo of a cat reaching up towards a small butterfly, with blue and purple watercolour-style shading and a black outline, on the side of the ribs.
Cat reaching for a butterfly on the ribs
Black tribal-style butterfly tattoo with a swirl and a dot on the back of a hand.
Tribal butterfly on the back of a hand
Black and grey traditional style moth tattoo with shaded wings on the side of a torso, with a partly visible tattoo to the left and white bedding behind.
Black and grey moth on the ribs
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a skull formed from roses and daisies, with a black and grey butterfly and a purple and teal starry galaxy inside the skull.
Skull of roses and daisies with galaxy fill on thigh
Black line drawing of a butterfly with outstretched wings resting on a curved branch with leaves, a botanical design suited to a tattoo stencil, with no body part shown.
Butterfly and leafy branch line design
Realistic blue butterfly tattoo with black wing edging and a soft grey shadow, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Blue butterfly on upper chest
Colour tattoo of two sunflowers with grey shaded butterflies and green leaves, placed on the side of a thigh.
Sunflowers and butterflies on a thigh
Coloured pen drawing of a skull formed from butterflies, a daisy, leaves and vines, a tattoo flash design.
Skull of butterflies and flowers
Colour tattoo of an orange and purple lotus flower with a blue dragonfly and an orange butterfly on a blue cloud wash, across the upper back.
Lotus, dragonfly and butterfly on upper back
Close photograph of a pink and black butterfly with black vine linework and small letters on the side of a torso, tattooed on the ribs.
Butterfly and vines on the ribs
Pencil outline of a butterfly on white paper, surrounded by green, teal and black ink splashes, as a possible tattoo design sketch.
Butterfly line drawing with green ink splashes
Seven small butterflies in blue and pink ink fly across a woman's shoulder and upper chest, with the largest at the lower right.
Flock of butterflies on a shoulder
A shaded purple butterfly tattoo with thin antennae and curled wire-like details on the upper arm of a person with long brown hair.
Purple butterfly on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of several butterflies spread across a bare abdomen beside the navel, shown in a black and white photograph.
Realistic butterflies across a bare abdomen
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with a geometric triangle and dotwork accents on a forearm.
Butterfly and triangle on a forearm
Black and grey ink drawing of a mandala-patterned butterfly with a dotwork arrow below, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Mandala butterfly and arrow design
Realistic colour tattoo of a peacock butterfly with red, orange and black wings with eyespots, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Peacock butterfly on a shoulder blade
Small black and grey butterfly tattoo on the inside of an ankle, with a pink beaded anklet and a bed in the background.
Small butterfly on an ankle
Pencil sketch of a butterfly with scattered five-pointed stars and dots trailing below it, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper with no body placement.
Butterfly with trailing stars pencil design
Colour tattoo of a purple butterfly with pink flowers and dotted vine linework on the top of a foot.
Butterfly and flowers on the top of a foot
Black linework drawing of a stylised butterfly with swirling wings and curled antennae on a peach background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Swirling butterfly line design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cartoon pony with a pink mane and a skull on its flank, with a green butterfly and orange and teal swirls, on the leg.
Cartoon pony with skull and swirls on a leg
Fine line tattoo design of a purple and blue butterfly with sparkle accents and swirling vines on a white background.
Purple fine line butterfly with swirls
Photograph of a blue-inked butterfly tattoo group of five on the outer thigh, with the skirt being lifted beside it.
Five butterflies down a thigh
Sepia line drawing of a steampunk cat wearing a clockwork top hat and brass goggles, with a pocket watch and mechanical butterfly, as a tattoo design.
Steampunk cat in top hat with gears
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, skull and roses on the side of the ribs, with a butterfly and swirling ornament.
Pocket watch, skull and roses on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with fading butterflies and handwritten script on the outer thigh.
Skull, butterflies and script on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo of a green and purple butterfly with blue bubbles on the side of a foot near the ankle.
Green butterfly with bubbles on a foot
Black and grey dotwork butterfly centred between two leafy vines, tattooed across the ribs and underbust area of a torso wearing a black lace bra.
Butterfly and leafy vines across the ribs
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with bold wing panels and white highlights on an arm beside a red plaid sleeve.
Black and grey butterfly on an arm
Colour tattoo of a teal butterfly and a peach awareness ribbon with a small grey script word on the wrist.
Butterfly and awareness ribbon on a wrist
Colourful neo-traditional flamingo tattoo with a butterfly, roses and blue flowers on the calf of a leg.
Pink flamingo and butterfly on a calf
Colourful neo-traditional butterfly tattoo with teal, coral and red wings, black outlines and a small red heart on the grey body, on a limb.
Neo-traditional butterfly with a heart
Red and blue coloured pencil drawing of a lily with three butterflies and flowing swirls, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Lily and butterflies tattoo design sketch
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Believe with a shaded blue butterfly above it, on the top of a foot wearing a flip flop.
Butterfly and Believe script on a foot
Two coloured butterfly tattoos with pink and green wings, joined by black swirling tendrils across the lower stomach beside a navel piercing.
Two butterflies with swirls on the lower stomach
Black fine line butterfly tattoo with a curling script letter beneath it, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Butterfly and script letter on wrist
Colour illustration of a botanical sleeve design with a golden skull, pink roses, green vines and blue butterflies, shown beside a character with a tattooed upper arm and forearm.
Skull, roses and butterflies sleeve design
Two colour tattoos on the inner forearms: pink peonies with violet flowers on the left, and a pale blue swallowtail butterfly among pink flowers on the right, in a botanical realism style.
Peonies and a butterfly on forearms