Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of monarch and swallowtail butterflies with pink lilies and purple smoke running down a woman's back, in a botanical realism style.
Butterflies and lilies across a back
Small black outline butterfly tattoo with swirl detail on the neck behind a person's ear, in a fine line style.
Butterfly tattoo behind the ear
Realistic black and grey pocket watch tattoo with a colour bee and a grey butterfly on a calf.
Pocket watch with bee and butterfly on a leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm of a cartoon cat with a red bow sitting on a red spotted mushroom, surrounded by butterflies, flowers and clover.
Cartoon cat with red bow on a mushroom, upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a swirl heart with an orange butterfly on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Butterfly and swirl heart on the forearm
Small purple butterfly tattoo with a solid black body and antennae, placed on the inner wrist.
Small butterfly on the inner wrist
Black lace-patterned butterfly tattoo with dotted chain drops on the inside of an ankle, against a blue background.
Lace butterfly with dangling drops on an ankle
Overhead view of many small temporary tattoo designs, including animals, flowers, lettering and simple line motifs, scattered around a silver tin marked SUPER.
Temporary tattoo designs around a metal tin
Black script reading Love me for who i am runs across the upper back, with a small butterfly above it and a shaded butterfly on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterfly on the shoulder
Black and white ink drawing of a butterfly with fine veined wings and dark round spots, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Black ink butterfly with dark eye spots
Realistic colour butterfly tattoo with orange, pink and yellow wings edged in black, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Realistic butterfly on a shoulder blade
Realistic blue and purple butterfly tattoo with shaded wings on the top of a bare foot, resting on a grey stone surface.
Realistic butterfly on top of a foot
Black ink infinity symbol with three script names and a small butterfly on the forearm, in a fine line style.
Infinity symbol with names and butterfly
Traditional style butterfly tattoo in red and black with bold outlines and small white dots on the wings, placed on a forearm.
Red and black butterfly on a forearm
Close view of a person's arms with colourful tattoos of flowers, a butterfly and stars on the upper arm and forearm, with a pink lace bra and pastel top.
Colourful floral and butterfly tattoos on arms
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on a shoulder, with the words I'm a walking travesty but I'm smiling at every thing forming the trailing wing.
Butterfly with quote on the shoulder
Black flash design of a butterfly whose body is a treble clef and whose wings are formed from bass clef curls and note heads, shown on a plain white background.
Butterfly made of musical symbols
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with orange, yellow and blue watercolour splashes on a lower leg.
Monarch butterfly with watercolour splashes
Realistic colour tattoo of an orange and black butterfly with spotted wings on the inner wrist, against a blurred green background.
Orange butterfly on the inner wrist
Back tattoo of a sketched black-line doll with button eyes, beside watercolour pink and purple orchids and a red butterfly, covering the upper and mid back.
Sketched doll and watercolour orchids on a back
Black and grey butterfly and scrollwork tattoo on the lower back, with shaded butterfly wings and bold swirling linework.
Butterfly and scroll tattoo on lower back
Two photographs of butterfly tattoos on a woman's upper back: a black linework butterfly with swirling vines on the left, and blue and teal butterflies on the shoulder blade on the right.
Butterflies on upper back and shoulder blade
Colour tattoo on a calf of a pink and a blue butterfly above ribbon banners with script lettering, in a traditional style.
Two butterflies with name banners on a calf
Pen drawing of an elephant head with dotwork shading and red-accented mandalas on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Elephant and mandalas tattoo design
Three solid black butterflies in a diagonal line on the inner wrist and forearm, in a blackwork style.
Three butterflies on a wrist
Colourful cartoon-style butterflies with flower and polka dot patterns, plus stars, hearts and swirls, on the outer lower leg.
Colourful butterflies with stars and hearts on a leg
Black calligraphic line drawing of a butterfly with curved antennae and sweeping wings on a white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Stylised butterfly line drawing
Red tribal-style butterfly design with bold wings and the Greek letters delta, sigma and theta set between them, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Red tribal butterfly design with Greek letters
Close crop of a woman's torso showing a small dark butterfly tattoo on her hip, with a black printed crop top and pale blue bikini bottoms.
Small butterfly tattoo on a hip
Flash design of a black skeleton cat holding up a blue butterfly, beside a red and gold rose and green leaves, in a traditional style.
Skeleton cat with rose and butterfly
Colour tattoo of purple butterflies and curling scrolls with black outlines across a person's upper back, beside a black bra strap.
Purple butterflies and swirls on upper back
Grid of twenty elephant tattoo designs in tribal, mandala, line and colour styles, each shown with a price and a View tattoo button.
Grid of elephant tattoo designs
Black and grey butterfly wing and an orange ribbon beside Proverbs 31:25 script lettering, tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Scripture lettering and butterfly on upper back
Small colour tattoo of a butterfly with teal and lilac wings and a semicolon for its body, placed on the inner wrist.
Semicolon butterfly on a wrist
Colour botanical tattoo of orange tiger lilies, black-outlined butterflies and swirling vines across the upper back.
Tiger lilies and butterflies on the back
Pencil and red ink drawing of an ornate butterfly wing design with swirling filigree, shown on paper with no body placement.
Ornate butterfly wing design in pencil and red ink
Two matching pink and black butterfly tattoos on the inner forearms, each framed by a curved script quote about sisterhood.
Matching butterfly tattoos with sister quote
Colour drawing of the words BE YOU, NOT THEM in ornate orange lettering, decorated with flowers, a mushroom, bluebirds, a skull and turtles, with red swirling linework.
Be you, not them lettering design
Realistic colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a hummingbird, red poppies, poppy seed heads and a blue butterfly, shown from two angles.
Hummingbird and red poppies on a full arm sleeve
Colour tattoo of Winnie the Pooh seen from behind, looking up at a pink and blue butterfly perched on his nose, outlined in bold black on skin.
Winnie the Pooh with a butterfly
Colour traditional butterfly tattoo with red, teal, orange and brown wings and bold black outlines, shown on an arm.
Traditional butterfly on an arm
Grid of black silhouette ornaments including swirls, flowers, leaves, butterflies and snowflakes on a white background, shown as a flash sheet.
Black silhouette ornament flash sheet
Colour and black ink tattoo of a dandelion, music notes, two orange butterflies and a quote in script across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Dandelion and music notes with script on a shoulder
Close crop of a woman in a bikini showing a small black silhouette tattoo of three butterflies on her lower abdomen, near the waistband.
Small black butterflies on the lower abdomen
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a stretching orange tabby cat with flowers and a butterfly on the top of a foot.
Stretching cat with watercolour splashes on a foot
Realistic coloured tattoo of a shaded skull with a butterfly, a pink rose and a rosary with a cross on a limb.
Skull, butterfly and rose with rosary beads
Black line drawing of a butterfly with flowers, leaves and berries arranged in a corner, shown as a botanical tattoo design rather than on skin.
Butterfly and flowers corner design
Colour tattoo of pink lilies, a yellow flower, green leaves and two butterflies, one purple and one blue, on the side of the hip in a botanical neo-trad style.
Butterflies and lilies on a hip