Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a blue butterfly with splashes of purple and pink ink across the centre of the back.
Blue butterfly tattoo on the back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a butterfly with eyespots on the outer lower leg below the knee, with a hand holding a cigarette above.
Black and grey butterfly on a lower leg
Black line drawing of a teacup and saucer with swirling steam, a heart-shaped handle and a small butterfly on the saucer, shown as a tattoo design.
Teacup with steam, heart handle and butterfly
Black and grey feather tattoo across a woman's upper back and left shoulder, with coloured tattoos visible at the lower side.
Feather tattoo across back and shoulder
Photo of a realistic red rose and butterfly design on an upper arm, shown beside a sheet of similar 3D-style designs.
Red roses and butterflies on an upper arm
Black outline butterfly tattoo with heart shapes inside the wings and curled antennae, shown in a black and white photo across two halves of skin.
Split butterfly tattoo with hearts
Black and grey realism tattoo of a grandfather clock with butterflies lifting from its top and roots spreading beneath it, on the side of the ribs.
Grandfather clock with butterflies and roots
Two photos of black and grey script lettering tattoos on forearms, one reading Your Pain Is A Gift with flourishes and the other a quote with butterfly accents.
Script quotes on forearms
Colourful butterfly tattoo with a paintbrush body on a person's lower abdomen, with black-outlined rainbow wings and watercolour splashes.
Watercolour butterfly with paintbrush on the hip
Eight pencil and ink drawings of chest piece tattoo designs, including mandalas, lace, a tiger, scrollwork and swallows with roses.
Chest piece design sketches collage
Black filigree design of a butterfly with scrolled wing panels on a white background, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Filigree scroll butterfly design
Black and grey dotwork butterfly tattoo with detailed wing veins spanning the upper back, with a second partial butterfly visible at the top right.
Large butterfly tattoo on upper back
Purple botanical tattoo with a butterfly and flower buds on swirling black vines, running down the outer thigh.
Purple butterfly and flowers on a thigh
Black ink drawing of a butterfly made of swirling tribal-style curls, with a diagonal trail of small spirals and squares, drawn on plain paper as a tattoo design.
Swirl butterfly with dotted trail design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with two butterflies, swirling scrolls and outlined stars arranged in a vertical column.
Butterflies, swirls and stars design
Realistic blue and green butterfly tattoo with black outlines and yellow spots on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue butterfly on a shoulder
Realistic tattoo design of a large skull framed by an ornate silver scrollwork border of roses, with sunflowers, butterflies and a lake landscape inside, shown as a flat design with no body placement.
Skull and roses in an ornate frame
Colour realism tattoo of red lilies and a blue butterfly on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Red lilies and blue butterfly on a shoulder
Black ink line drawing of a heart built from flowers, leaves, swirls and cursive lettering, a flash-style design with no placement on skin.
Heart made of flowers and swirls in pen
Black and grey botanical tattoo of an open clam shell holding a pearl, with fern fronds above and roots below, on the outer thigh.
Pearl in a clam shell with ferns
Watercolour-style monarch butterfly and handwritten script on a woman's upper back, with a black circle and a small heart beside it, placed on the shoulder blade.
Watercolour butterfly and script on upper back
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman's face framed by flowing hair and feathers above a wolf or lion head, with a butterfly below, drawn on translucent paper.
Woman, wolf and butterfly design sketch
Shaded grey cartoon cat with closed eyes and raised paws, with three grey butterflies above it and a partly visible coloured flower tattoo at the top left, on skin.
Grey cartoon cat with butterflies
Colour botanical tattoos of roses, butterflies and beetles cover the back of both hands and the wrist of a person whose face is hidden behind their hands.
Roses and insects across hands and wrists
Colour realism tattoo of a blue hibiscus with green leaves, a blue butterfly and a diamond on the upper back and shoulder blade, with a grey ankh tattoo above.
Blue hibiscus and butterfly on a shoulder
Drawing of a purple awareness ribbon with a butterfly on top and the script Strength through Weakness on a peach background.
Purple ribbon and butterfly design
Small black outlined butterfly tattoo on the upper back, beside a dark strap top, in a simple fine line style.
Small butterfly on upper back
Close-up of a thigh tattoo of a mint-filled puzzle piece with black branches, leaves, pink blossom and flying butterflies.
Puzzle piece with branches and butterflies on a thigh
Black line drawing of a butterfly with ornate wings above a vine of three hibiscus flowers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design on plain white.
Butterfly and hibiscus vine design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of butterflies lifting a hot air balloon with two small figures in the basket, placed on the calf.
Butterflies lifting a hot air balloon on a calf
Colour tattoo of a cartoon mermaid with red hair and green eyes on the upper arm and shoulder, with a small blue butterfly near the shoulder.
Cartoon mermaid with butterfly on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a moth with eyespot wings above a red rose with a teal centre, shown on an upper arm in two side-by-side photos.
Moth and rose on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a butterfly whose wings form skull faces with flower eyes, on the calf in Traditional style.
Skull and butterfly on a lower leg
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a butterfly whose wings show lion faces with yellow eyes, beside a purple lily and an orange tiger lily, with black vine swirls.
Lion-winged butterfly with lilies on a thigh
Purple butterfly tattoo with black outlines and white spots, shaded to look three-dimensional with a dark shadow, on the inner forearm.
Purple butterfly on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a monarch butterfly with a soft grey shadow, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Monarch butterfly on a shoulder blade
Sheet of six solid black butterfly silhouettes in varied wing shapes on a white background, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Six butterfly silhouettes on a flash sheet
Back view of a shirtless person with black and grey botanical tattoos of flowers, vines and moths covering the back, shoulders, upper arms, forearms and hands.
Back and full sleeves of botanical and moth tattoos
Colour tattoo of a leafy branch with two small birds and an orange butterfly across the top of a foot.
Branch with birds and butterfly on a foot
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a butterfly with lotus flowers and swirling vines, shown as a drawing rather than on skin.
Butterfly and lotus flower design sketch
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an eye inside an ornate triangle, with a chain and butterfly below, on the outer thigh of a person wearing a grey skirt.
Eye in triangle and butterfly on a thigh
Black line drawing of a butterfly with curling scrolls filling its wings, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Scrollwork butterfly tattoo design
Blue and teal watercolour-style butterfly wing tattoo with a black semicolon, on the inner forearm.
Butterfly wing and semicolon on a forearm
Black and grey fine line drawing of a woman's face framed by snakes, a rose, a bird and a butterfly, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman's face with snakes and flowers
Close view of a blue butterfly tattoo with light outlines on the inner forearm of a person wearing stacked bangles.
Blue butterfly on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a moth above a cameo of a woman in profile with flowers, beside a band of rosettes on the wrist.
Cameo, moth and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two roses with a butterfly between them on an upper arm.
Two roses and a butterfly on an arm
Several hands clustered together showing small fine line tattoos of a bow, heart and symbols on the fingers, and a black and grey rose with pink lips on the back of one hand.
Small finger tattoos and a hand rose with lips