Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Small colour monarch butterfly tattoo across the middle finger of a hand, with orange wings and black outlines.
Monarch butterfly on a finger
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing butterflies, a daisy, a woman's face, elephants on a savanna and leopard spots.
Black and grey realism sleeve with savanna and leopard
Colour botanical tattoo of blue flowers, peach roses, green leaves and two orange butterflies on a person's upper shoulder, seen from behind.
Blue flowers and butterflies on a shoulder
Colour realism tattoo of a skull-shaped cluster of sunflowers, roses and butterflies on the upper thigh.
Floral skull tattoo on a thigh
Small pink butterfly tattoo with a black outline and two dark dots on the forearm.
Small pink butterfly on a forearm
Black ornamental butterfly tattoo with small gem-like dots and a curling antenna on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate butterfly with gems on upper back
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with pink, red, blue and purple washes and ink splatters, on the outer forearm.
Watercolour butterfly on a forearm
Colour tattoos of roses, a cat and a butterfly in a traditional style on the thighs and calves of a person wearing denim shorts and layered chains.
Roses, a cat and a butterfly on both legs
Realistic orange and black butterfly tattoo with a cast shadow on the upper chest, below the collarbone.
Orange butterfly with shadow on chest
Black and grey lily with leaves and two butterflies tattooed on the side of a torso, above the hip.
Lily and butterflies on the side of the torso
Colour tattoo of a black cat with a raised paw among roses, a lotus, poppies and a blue butterfly on a shoulder, shown in three panels.
Cat and flowers shoulder tattoo
Black and grey photograph of a butterfly tattoo on the inner forearm, with a semicolon as its body, the letters AKF and a small infinity symbol below.
Butterfly with semicolon and initials on wrist
Black fine line botanical tattoo of a flowering stem with a butterfly on an upper arm, photographed beside a shop window.
Black line wildflower stem on upper arm
Watercolour-style butterfly tattoo with black outline and pink, blue and teal washes on the outer calf.
Watercolour butterfly on a calf
Realistically shaded forearm tattoo of a horse merging into a grey skeletal frame, with teal butterflies drifting off across the skin.
Horse and skeleton with blue butterflies on forearm
Greyscale tattoo design drawing of a butterfly above a pocket watch with Roman numerals, with a ribbon banner reading Memories last forever.
Butterfly and pocket watch with script banner
Fine line black tattoo of a butterfly with dotted lace drapes on the ribs just below the bust.
Butterfly with lace drapes under the bust
Realistic tattoo of three blue butterflies with black shading across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Three blue butterflies on a shoulder blade
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with soft shading and a drop shadow on a woman's shoulder blade.
Butterfly tattoo on a shoulder blade
Colour realism tattoo of a purple and black butterfly resting on a pink lily with green leaves, on the upper back.
Purple butterfly on a pink lily
Colour realism tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a purple crocus with bulb and roots, grass, a caterpillar, beetle, bumblebee, moth and jumping spider.
Crocus and insects on upper arm and shoulder
Black and grey flash design of dandelion seeds drifting up from an ornate silhouette with butterflies and flowing script lettering, on a white background.
Dandelion seeds and script design
Fine line black butterfly tattoo with curled antennae and a looping tail on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Single-line butterfly on upper back
Traditional colour tattoo of a butterfly with orange flowers, dark leaves and the word MUM beneath it, on an arm.
Traditional butterfly with flowers on an arm
Colour tattoo of a seated angel with a blue and white wing, holding a pink calla lily, with a pink butterfly above, on skin.
Angel with calla lily and butterfly
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with lace-like wing detail and swirling scrollwork, with a pink ribbon overlapping it, on the side of the ribs.
Butterfly and pink ribbon with scrollwork on ribs
Colour realism sleeve tattoo of orchids and a monarch butterfly on an arm, set against a blended green, orange and blue background.
Orchids and monarch butterfly sleeve
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a pair of ornate scissors whose blades form the body of a butterfly with outstretched wings.
Butterfly scissors design
Colour tattoo of five monarch butterflies in a diagonal line across the lower back, with black outlines and orange wings.
Monarch butterflies down the lower back
Two matching traditional tattoos on the thighs, each showing a black and grey butterfly above a flower with red accents and dripping drops.
Matching butterfly and flower thigh tattoos
Close-up photo of a colour tattoo of a monarch-style butterfly with black wings and pink shading, layered over a pink ribbon shape, on skin.
Monarch butterfly over a pink ribbon
Flash sheet of four butterfly tattoo designs labelled Beauty, Freedom, Femininity and Change, with a flame-like orange and black butterfly, a red swirled butterfly, and a black butterfly.
Four butterfly designs on a flash sheet
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a sugar skull woman framed by roses and a butterfly, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skull woman and roses on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a hummingbird, orange lily and blue butterfly with green leaves on an upper arm, in a realistic botanical style.
Hummingbird, lily and butterfly on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a woman with a turquoise face covered by blue and orange butterflies and pink roses in her dark hair, centred on a person's upper back.
Faceless woman with butterflies and roses on back
Colour realism tattoo of a green and yellow skull merged with a blue butterfly wing and a red rose, on a thigh.
Skull and butterfly wing on a thigh
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing a swallow with roses, a butterfly, a tiger head, a snake, a skull in a beanie, a woman with a rose in her hair and an eye.
Traditional flash sheet with swallow and tiger
Back view of a person with long dreadlocks and a teal headwrap, showing a large black sun tattoo across the upper back and a butterfly tattoo on the shoulder.
Sun design across a back with butterfly on shoulder
Blue-ink botanical tattoo of a bouquet of pansies and small flowers with a butterfly, on the outer forearm.
Blue floral bouquet on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pink awareness ribbon and a black and orange butterfly with a golden halo, on the upper back below the shoulder.
Pink ribbon and butterfly with halo on a shoulder blade
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with dotted wing panels and a bold outline, placed on the forearm.
Butterfly tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a red flower, pink rose and purple blooms with green stitched-look leaves across a shoulder and upper back, in botanical style.
Stitched-look flowers across a shoulder and back
Black and grey dotwork butterfly with a vertical arrow and geometric triangles tattooed on a forearm.
Butterfly and arrow on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of five blue butterflies with dark edged wings, arranged in a diagonal line across the upper shoulder.
Five blue butterflies across a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a watercolour-style butterfly in pinks, reds and teals with ink splatters on the inner forearm, above a small solid black circle.
Watercolour butterfly on a forearm
Colour butterfly tattoo with black outlines and orange, red and yellow wings on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Butterfly tattoo on upper back
Black script lettering reading Esse Quam Videri with a butterfly above it, tattooed on the top of a foot, with red painted toenails.
Latin script and butterfly on the top of a foot
Black script tattoo reading Love me for who i am across the upper chest, with a small butterfly in the middle and a shaded butterfly near the shoulder.
Script quote and butterflies on the collarbone