Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a butterfly with black and red wings edged in orange, surrounded by dark swirling tendrils, in a bold neo-traditional style on pale skin.
Winged butterfly with red and orange swirls
Black blackwork-style butterfly tattoo with a lace pattern, shaded wings and small pale flower details, placed on the side of a person's lower back.
Lace-pattern butterfly on the lower back
Realistic magenta monarch butterfly tattoo with black edging and a script name beneath it, shown on the top of a foot in three photos.
Magenta monarch butterfly on a foot
Two pink and purple butterfly designs with black swirling outlines and scattered pink, purple and blue stars on a white background.
Two butterflies with stars design
Black line drawing of a bold, graffiti-style word with a rising sun, clouds, flowers, feathers and a bird, designed as a lettering piece for a tattoo.
Bubble lettering with sun, clouds and flowers
Realistic coloured tattoo of two pink lilies, a blue butterfly and black and green swirling vines on the upper back.
Pink lilies and blue butterfly on the back
Black and grey dotwork butterfly tattoo with detailed wings and antennae on the inner forearm, with part of a mandala design visible at the lower left.
Butterfly tattoo on the forearm
Colour butterfly tattoo with black scrollwork and dotwork flourishes across the side of the ribs.
Colourful butterfly with scrollwork on the side
Five metallic gold and black temporary tattoo sheets on a white background, showing butterflies, wings, chains, lettering, arrows, feathers and geometric shapes.
Metallic temporary tattoo design sheets
Blue butterfly tattoo with a central eye and dotted wing edges, in traditional style, on the upper back.
Blue butterfly with eye on upper back
Colour tattoo of a blue butterfly with black swirling vines, green leaves and red berries on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue butterfly and vines on upper back
Small metallic gold butterflies with black outlines on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade, with a flash sheet of the same design shown alongside.
Gold butterflies on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of two blue butterflies with black outlines and grey smoke swirls and small stars, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two blue butterflies on a shoulder blade
A grid of black butterfly designs in varied wing shapes, from detailed linework to solid silhouettes, shown on a white background.
Black butterfly flash sheet
Fine line black tattoo of two hands cupping a crystal ball with stars and a crescent moon on an arm, with a butterfly and leaves tattooed nearby.
Hands holding a crystal ball with stars
Colour tattoo of a red-haired fairy with blue and green butterfly wings, surrounded by stars and small butterflies, on a person's upper back.
Fairy with butterfly wings on upper back
Grid of sixteen flash designs including an anchor, bird silhouette, clefs, bow, diamond, hearts, flowers, a dinosaur and butterflies, with no body placement shown.
Flash sheet of sixteen small motifs
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm of a dotwork camping scene with mountains, pines and a tent, framed by red roses and a black butterfly.
Camping scene, butterfly and roses on upper arm
Colour tattoo of three orange monarch butterflies with black outlines and veining across a person's upper back.
Three monarch butterflies on upper back
Black line drawing of a butterfly made of geometric triangular facets, shown as a framed print on white, with no body placement.
Geometric butterfly line drawing
Black line drawings of butterflies and blossom branches on a white background, arranged as a botanical flash sheet for tattoo designs.
Butterflies and blossom branches design sheet
Colour tattoo of a butterfly whose wings form an awareness ribbon filled with puzzle pieces, in a bold outlined style on the upper back.
Butterfly ribbon with puzzle pieces on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a cartoon bear with a small butterfly above its raised arm, placed on the ankle.
Small bear and butterfly on an ankle
Small fine line tattoo of a tan cartoon bear with a tiny red butterfly on the inside of a wrist.
Small cartoon bear and butterfly on a wrist
Man in a waistcoat and dark jeans holding a navy duffel bag, with a dark tattoo on his forearm and a butterfly tattoo on the back of his hand.
Tattooed forearm and hand with boots and duffel
A grid of sixteen black and grey butterfly line drawings and silhouettes on a white background, shown as tattoo design options with no body placement.
Grid of sixteen butterfly designs
Black linework butterfly tattoo with red shading and swirling flourishes on the outer side of a limb.
Butterfly with red swirls on a limb
Collage of wrist and forearm tattoos showing a black Deathly Hallows symbol, a small colour Winnie the Pooh on the wrist, and a black linework butterfly on a forearm, with application products.
Deathly Hallows and Winnie the Pooh tattoos collage
Pink and black shaded butterfly tattoo with a small star beside it, on the outer upper arm of a light-skinned person.
Pink and black butterfly on an arm
Black and grey butterfly tattoos on the upper back and shoulder blade of a woman with her hand raised to her head.
Two butterflies on an upper back
Black and grey butterfly tattoo in a detailed, shaded style on a woman's shoulder, with a white lace top and gold necklaces.
Butterfly tattoo on a shoulder
Flash design of a butterfly with stained-glass style wings in yellow, green and orange, with a red rose at its centre and black outlines.
Stained glass butterfly with rose design
Realism back tattoo of a shaded pocket watch with Roman numerals, butterflies, feathers, script lettering and a red rose.
Pocket watch, feathers and rose across the back
Black ink dotwork drawing of a butterfly with open wings on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Stippled butterfly design
Colour tattoo on a thigh of two Totoro characters on a blossom branch, with a watercolour sky, neo-traditional style.
Totoro characters with cherry blossom on thigh
Black and grey flash sheet of decorative alphabet letters A to Z, each with floral swirls, and some with small butterflies, in a lettering style.
Decorative alphabet letters A to Z with swirls
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with a rose and a butterfly on the forearm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Realistic skull, rose and butterfly on a forearm
Grey and pink tattoo of an outlined winged shape with a pink ribbon-like form and small stars, on the lower leg.
Winged shape with pink ribbon on a calf
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with a swirling music staff, notes and treble clef on the side ribs, in fine black linework.
Monarch butterfly and music staff on ribs
Realistic butterfly tattoo with pale grey wings edged in orange and black spots, shaded to look three-dimensional on the top of a foot.
Realistic butterfly tattoo on a foot
Colour tattoo of pink sweet pea flowers, green tendrils and a grey butterfly on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Sweet pea vine and butterfly on a shoulder blade
Black and grey traditional butterfly tattoo across the lower back, with part of a coloured tattoo visible at the left edge.
Butterfly tattoo on the lower back
Shaded butterflies in purple, blue and green with black swirling vines and leaves across a person's upper back.
Three butterflies and vines on upper back
Two raised legs in red Converse trainers show bold traditional tattoos on the calves, including a butterfly, a rose, a spider and a ship's wheel.
Traditional leg tattoos with red Converse trainers
Graphite sketch of two lilies, a butterfly and swirling lines with the word Love in script, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Lilies, butterfly and Love script design
Close photograph of a large black and grey blackwork and dotwork butterfly tattoo with filigree wings on a person's lower abdomen, above the navel.
Ornate black butterfly on the stomach
Coloured neo-traditional style flash drawing of a large-eyed owl on a branch beside red roses, butterflies and falling petals, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Owl with roses and branch design
Black ink drawing of a butterfly above an open hand, with dotwork shading on the wings, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Butterfly above an open hand design