Butterfly tattoo ideas

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White line drawing of a butterfly with ivy leaves and branches in its wings and a tree of life inside a circle on its body, shown on a dark grey background.
Botanical butterfly with tree of life body
Pale white outline of a butterfly tattoo on the neck and upper chest of a person wearing an open denim shirt, in a fine line style.
Butterfly outline tattoo on the neck
Shaded grey cross with a rainbow monarch butterfly tattoo across its lower arm, placed on the upper back.
Cross and butterfly on upper back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a lighthouse and a butterfly on the outer thigh.
Lighthouse and butterfly on a thigh
Black knotwork vine tattoo with small red, yellow, blue and teal flowers, a heart and a butterfly, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Knotwork vine with coloured flowers on upper back
Small black fine line butterfly tattoo with looping wings on the ankle, with a cartoon bear figure visible in the background.
Fine line butterfly on an ankle
A grid of colourful sugar skull flash designs with bows, hearts, wings, roses and crossbones, shown as drawings rather than tattoos on skin.
Sugar skull and bow flash sheet
Flash-style drawing of a butterfly with turquoise, yellow and red wings on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Turquoise and red butterfly design
Black ink silhouette design of a butterfly with a flower and leaves on a plain white background, in a botanical style with no body placement shown.
Butterfly and flower line design
Black and grey tattoo of a large butterfly, a swallow and a smaller butterfly with a rose down the inner forearm.
Butterflies and swallow on a forearm
Full-colour tattoo of pink lilies and butterflies running down the middle of a person's back, in a botanical realism style.
Lilies and butterflies down the spine
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with three grey shaded butterfly tattoos on her upper back near the shoulder blade.
Three butterflies on the upper back
Realistic orange and black butterfly tattoo with a soft grey shadow on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
3D monarch butterfly on upper back
Black tribal-style butterfly design with swirling wings and curled antennae on a plain white background.
Tribal butterfly design
Upper arm and shoulder sleeve tattoo of a shaded rose and blue butterfly over lace-like scrollwork, shown from three angles.
Rose and butterfly sleeve on upper arm
Blue and green scrolling floral butterfly design with a dark brown quotation beneath it, reading let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, Psalm 90:17.
Scrollwork butterfly with Psalm 90:17 quote
Flash design of a black swirling vine with blue, pink and purple butterflies, purple flowers, green leaves and three script names, shown without a body placement.
Butterfly and flower vine with three script names
Tattoo design of an infinity symbol with the words Love and Family in script, decorated with a green feather, leaves and purple and teal butterflies.
Infinity symbol with love and family script
Sheet of gold, silver and pink metallic temporary tattoo designs, including an elephant, a dreamcatcher, a heart, a rose and mandalas.
Gold and pink temporary tattoo sheet
Fine line black outline tattoo of a seated cat reaching a paw towards two small blue butterflies, placed on the ankle.
Cat reaching for butterflies on an ankle
Black line flash sheet of traditional tattoo designs, most featuring the number 13, including a rose, skulls, a swallow, a butterfly, a dagger and a heart with a banner.
Thirteen themed flash sheet
Three black tribal-style butterfly designs with swirling wing patterns, shown separately on a white background.
Three tribal butterfly designs
Black script reading Love me for who I am runs across the collarbone with a small black butterfly, and a pink shaded butterfly sits on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterflies on collarbone
Fine line geometric butterfly tattoo in black ink across the upper back, with faceted wings built from straight lines.
Geometric butterfly on the upper back
Small purple butterfly tattoo on the inner wrist, with soft shading across the wings and a silver bracelet beside it.
Purple butterfly on a wrist
Papercut traditional-style flash design of a compass, roses, dice, a butterfly and a banner reading Not all who wander are lost, shown as white cut paper on grey card.
Compass, roses and dice flash design
Black ink drawing of a butterfly with wings formed from musical notes and scrolling swirls, sketched on lined paper and held up by a hand with dark nail polish.
Butterfly made of music notes design
Black and grey tattoo of a large white butterfly silhouette set within ornate scrollwork and filigree panels on the upper arm.
White butterfly in ornamental panel on an arm
Realistic pink butterfly tattoo with a dark drop shadow on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink 3D butterfly on a shoulder
Close photo of a black-outlined orange butterfly tattoo with a semicolon body and the script words Stay Strong and Carry On beneath it, on skin.
Orange butterfly with semicolon and script text
Black line drawing design of a butterfly with ornate swirling wings that trails into a musical staff with notes and scrolls, with no body placement shown.
Butterfly with musical staff and swirls
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a thigh showing pine trees and a full moon inside an ornate frame, with a moth below.
Moon, pine forest and moth in an ornate frame on thigh
Black and grey realism style back tattoo of butterflies, a floral burst and ornamental swirls spanning the mid to lower back.
Butterflies and swirls across a back
Two lower legs resting on a floral sheet, covered in colour traditional tattoos of roses, a cat head and a butterfly on the calves and shins.
Traditional roses, cat and butterfly on legs
Colour realism tattoo of a monarch butterfly resting on red flower petals with green leaves, on the side of the torso.
Monarch butterfly on a red flower
Black and grey flash design of a dotwork mandala above feathers, butterflies, arrows and stars, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Mandala and feather dreamcatcher design
Model with a gold metallic lace-patterned gun temporary tattoo on her hip and a geometric hexagon design on her forearm, beside a sheet of matching designs.
Gold lace gun temporary tattoo on hip
Woman seen from behind with a colourful Traditional style butterfly and rose tattoo across her upper back and a flower tattoo on her upper arm.
Butterflies and roses across a back and arm
Small colour tattoo of seven butterflies in pink, purple, teal and orange flying down the skin of the torso, with a partial star tattoo at the top left.
Trail of small coloured butterflies on skin
Colour tattoo on a woman's shoulder and upper arm showing a pink hibiscus, a Roman numeral clock face with a gear, yellow plumeria and butterflies, in a realistic painted style.
Hibiscus and clock face on a shoulder
Realistic blue butterfly tattoo with black veins and white spots, shaded to look three-dimensional, on the top of a foot.
Blue monarch butterfly on the top of a foot
Black and grey realistic butterfly tattoo with dotted wing borders on the upper back, below the nape of the neck.
Monarch butterfly on upper back
Black tribal-style butterfly tattoo with curling swirls on the inner wrist, photographed with the palm facing up.
Butterfly and swirls on a wrist
Two pink and black butterfly tattoos with skull faces, one on each side of a person's upper chest.
Twin skull butterflies on the chest
Black butterfly tattoo with flowing swirl linework and small butterflies across the upper back, in a fine line style.
Butterfly and swirls across upper back
A realistic purple and blue butterfly tattoo with dark outlines and shaded wings, sitting on a person's shoulder.
Purple butterfly tattoo on shoulder
Realistic butterfly tattoo in orange, yellow, teal and black ink on the shoulder, with detailed wing veining and antennae.
Realistic butterfly on skin
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, a skull and two roses with a butterfly on the side of the torso.
Pocket watch, skull and roses on ribs