Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Black and grey tattoos on bare legs in a bath, including a rose with leaves, script lettering reading SELF and floral designs on the thighs.
Lettering and rose tattoos on thighs in a bath
Black and grey floral vine tattoo with two flowers, a leaf and a butterfly-like shape running down the side of the ribs.
Floral vine tattoo on the side of the ribs
Colour tattoo of butterflies and an orange flower with swirling vines across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade.
Butterflies and orange flower across a back
Black silhouette tattoo design of a dandelion seed head on a long stem, with seeds drifting into a trail of butterflies on a white background.
Dandelion seeds turning into butterflies
Fine line black and grey butterfly with curling vine tattoo on the top of a foot.
Butterfly and vine tattoo on a foot
Black and grey tattoo flash design covering a phone case, with swallows, a moth, a compass, a rose, a microphone and chevrons in a traditional style.
Black and grey flash sheet of swallows and a moth
Black ink pen drawing of an anatomical heart with daisies, a rose and morning glory growing from it, with butterflies and birds around it.
Anatomical heart with flowers and butterflies
Flash design of a woman with flowing hair framed by peonies, a bee and butterflies, with a Virgo symbol and a banner reading Virgo.
Virgo zodiac portrait flash
Shaded purple lotus flowers and a purple butterfly tattoo on a person's lower back, with a black lace waistband visible at the bottom edge.
Purple lotus flowers and butterfly on lower back
Colourful tree of life tattoo across a person's lower and upper back, with a striped orange trunk, leaves, fruit, birds and blue flowers in a botanical style.
Tree of life with birds and flowers across the back
Realistic colour tattoo of a Dutch-style flower bouquet with tulips, peonies, a butterfly and morning glories across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Floral still life across a back and shoulder
Traditional colour tattoo on a calf showing a red rose with green leaves, an orange monarch butterfly and a lettered banner.
Rose, butterfly and banner on a calf
Colour botanical full sleeve tattoo of roses, plumeria, anthurium and butterflies across the shoulder and upper arm, shown from three angles against a black background.
Floral full sleeve with roses and butterflies
Colour tattoo of a purple tribal butterfly with orange flowers, purple outlined hearts and green stems on the lower back.
Tribal butterfly, hearts and flowers on lower back
Realism tattoo of a greyscale tiger head framed by pink, red and purple flowers and small blue butterflies on the upper arm.
Tiger head with watercolour flowers on upper arm
Small colour botanical tattoos of cacti, orange blooms, a thistle and a black butterfly spread across a woman's upper chest.
Cacti and flowers across the chest
Black and grey stippled line drawing of a dreamcatcher design with a butterfly, roses and feathers, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Dreamcatcher with butterfly and roses
Colour tattoo of a skull wrapped in pink and yellow flowers, leaves and a butterfly, in a botanical style on the upper back.
Skull and flowers on upper back
Black ink lace pattern design with flowers, a butterfly and swirling vines on a beige background, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Black lace and floral design
Realistic blue and purple roses with black swirling vines and a teal butterfly, tattooed down the lower leg and onto the ankle.
Blue and purple roses with swirls on a lower leg
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a butterfly, flower and swirling vines across the ankle and top of a foot.
Butterfly and flower vines on a foot
Neo-traditional botanical tattoo of a large peony with green leaves and a butterfly, running up the inside of a forearm.
Peony and butterfly on a forearm
Black and white line drawing of an elephant head with butterfly wings for ears, framed by daisies and roses, shown as a tattoo design.
Elephant with butterfly wings and flowers