Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of two orange and black monarch butterflies on the lower back, one above the other, with black outlines and wing veining.
Two monarch butterflies on the lower back
Black and white photo of a black script tattoo reading Forever 18 with two small butterflies, sitting on the lower abdomen above an underwear waistband, with a hand resting at the left edge.
Forever 18 script on the lower abdomen
Illustrated tattoo design of a face split into a woman's side and a skull, with a Roman numeral clock behind the head and a colourful butterfly wing over one eye.
Half skull, half woman with clock face
Four black and grey shaded butterflies tattooed on the upper back, decreasing in size from the lower left towards the neck.
Four butterflies across the upper back
Black line drawing of a butterfly formed from musical staff lines and notes on a cream background, shown as a flash design.
Butterfly made of musical staves and notes
Black and grey realism tattoo of three butterflies with shaded wings and a line of script, on the side of a torso above the hip.
Three butterflies and script on the ribs
Colour realism tattoo across a torso with a black birdcage, pink rose, flowers and small birds, placed over the stomach and ribs.
Birdcage and roses across the stomach
Two matching butterfly tattoos with black linework and pink shading, one on each of two wrists placed side by side.
Matching butterfly wrist tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo on the ribs of a torso, showing a pocket watch with Roman numerals in front of a skull, with roses, a monarch butterfly, gears and scrollwork.
Pocket watch, skull and roses on the ribs
Full back Japanese-style tattoo in bright colour showing a woman in a kimono, a tiger, butterflies, a leopard, koi fish and cherry blossom across the back.
Full back Japanese tattoo with tiger and koi
Realistic pink and black butterfly tattoo with a soft drop shadow on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink 3D butterfly on upper back
A butterfly design in purple, blue and teal with black borders and spotted wing edges, shown on a white card beside a ruler.
Purple and teal butterfly design
Calf tattoo of a fragmented clock face with Roman numerals, a dotwork hand and a small butterfly, combining black ink and green geometric shapes in a mixed abstract style.
Clock, hand and butterfly calf tattoo
Collage of six butterfly and moth tattoos on the back, thigh and upper arm, in watercolour, neo-traditional and bold outline styles.
Butterfly and moth tattoos on skin
Colour tattoo of music staves, notes, butterflies and a red hibiscus running up a woman's side and back.
Music staves and hibiscus down the side of back
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a tiger face with butterfly wings, green eyes and a pink nose, on a leg with bold black outlines.
Tiger face with butterfly wings on a leg
Black and grey realistic monarch butterfly tattoo with red-dotted wing edges on the inner forearm, shown in two photos beside a quote panel.
Monarch butterfly on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of pink and blue flowers, green vines and small purple butterflies across the top of a foot.
Pink and blue flowers with butterflies on a foot
Colourful butterfly tattoos in a trail down a woman's back, following the spine with small star and dot accents.
Butterfly trail down the spine
Black and grey fine line butterflies tattooed on a woman's ankle and the top of her foot, with her lying on white bedding.
Three butterflies on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of two hands holding a crystal ball with stars and a crescent moon on a forearm, beside a butterfly and a flower.
Hands holding a crystal ball on a forearm
Neo-trad style butterfly tattoo in teal, blue and purple with black outlines, sitting on the upper arm.
Teal and purple butterfly on upper arm
Black ornate butterfly tattoo with dotwork detail and curled antennae on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate butterfly tattoo on the upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink cherry blossom branch and a teal butterfly across the ribs and side of the torso.
Cherry blossom tree and butterfly on ribs
Fine line ink drawing of a seated elephant whose trunk releases a cluster of butterflies, with the word Always written beside its hind leg.
Elephant blowing butterflies with the word Always
Pastel purple and green butterfly tattoo on an ankle, surrounded by coloured stars, black swirls and dotted trails.
Butterfly and stars on an ankle
Realistic colour tattoo of butterflies and grey shaded flowers across a woman's shoulder and up onto the side of her neck, with a bra strap visible.
Realistic butterflies and flowers across a shoulder and neck
Colour tattoo of purple and blue butterflies framing a script quote about wings and flying, shown in two photos of skin.
Butterflies with a script quote about wings
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a shaded butterfly and rose, stars, swirls and the script words No Place Like Home.
Butterfly, rose and script design sketch
Black and pink butterfly tattoo with a pink ribbon wrapped around its body, sitting on the top of a foot.
Butterfly and ribbon on a foot
Colour tattoo of Winnie the Pooh lying on his back while Tigger pounces on him, with butterflies and flowers nearby.
Pooh and Tigger playing on skin
Black script reading Love me for who i am with two butterflies near the shoulder, in a fine line lettering style.
Butterflies and script on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of a tree with roots, blossoms and butterflies across a woman's back, photographed from behind.
Tree and butterflies across a back
Black line drawing of Winnie the Pooh holding a large balloon, with Piglet and a butterfly beside him, shown as a design for a tattoo.
Winnie the Pooh floating with a balloon
Colour tattoo of three blue and orange butterflies among pink cherry blossom branches running up a calf, in a neo-traditional botanical style.
Butterflies and cherry blossom on a calf
Black ink flash sheet of ornate butterfly, dragonfly, hummingbird, flower and ladybird tattoo designs.
Ornamental insect and hummingbird flash sheet
Sheet of black line drawings of traditional tattoo designs, including roses, skulls, swallows, snakes and anchors, arranged as a character grid.
Traditional tattoo flash glyph sheet
Black linework flash design of a vertical sleeve layout with a skeleton face, butterfly, voodoo doll with pins, bat-winged figure, Alice-style girl and teacups.
Tim Burton style character sleeve design
Realistic red and teal butterfly tattoo with grey shadowing, placed on the lower abdomen above denim jeans.
3D red butterfly on the abdomen
Flash sheet of twelve watercolour-style butterfly designs in orange, blue, purple, green, yellow and pink, stacked vertically on a white background.
Stacked watercolour butterfly flash sheet
Black tribal-style butterfly design on a white background, with bold swirling wings and a curled tail, shown as a standalone stencil-style drawing.
Tribal butterfly design in black
Realistic black and grey roses with a butterfly on a forearm, with small script tattooed near the wrist, shown on a seated person in ripped jeans.
Black and grey roses on a forearm
Black line drawing of four butterflies on a vertical vine of dotted scrolls, a fine line flash design with no body placement shown.
Vertical butterfly and scroll flash design
Colour realism tattoo of pink lilies, a tulip bud and two butterflies across the top of a foot, with script lettering beside them.
Pink lilies and butterflies on a foot
Shaded blue butterfly with black tribal heart and swirl shapes tattooed on the lower back, above the waistband of jeans.
Blue butterfly and tribal heart on the lower back
Two black and grey butterfly tattoos sit on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind with her hair pulled up.
Two butterflies on upper back
Flash sheet of butterfly designs: four full-colour butterflies at the top and a grid of black line butterfly designs below, none shown on skin.
Butterfly flash sheet in colour and line
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with blue, teal, pink and purple wings edged in black, sitting on the upper shoulder with a soft shadow beneath it.
Blue and teal butterfly on a shoulder