Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Realism colour tattoo on the upper back of a red rose with green leaves and buds, with an orange, a pink and a blue butterfly around it.
Red rose and three butterflies on upper back
Fine line black ink tattoo of a dandelion seed head breaking up into small butterflies across a person's upper back.
Dandelion seeds turning into butterflies on back
Black and grey script tattoo reading Forever 18 with a small butterfly, sitting on the lower torso above a yellow bikini bottom.
Forever 18 script with butterfly on lower torso
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two cats, pink and purple flowers and a butterfly on the outer thigh.
Two cats and flowers on a thigh
Black tribal-style butterfly with a purple awareness ribbon in its centre and the word Hope in script beneath it, tattooed on an upper arm.
Butterfly, ribbon and Hope script on upper arm
Black and white line drawing of a butterfly over a circular patterned ring, with daisies, leaves and two small swallows, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Butterfly, daisies and swallows flash design
Colourful botanical tattoo of a red spider lily on the ankle, with rainbow vines and a blue butterfly across the top of the foot.
Spider lily, vines and butterfly on a foot
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a geisha holding fans, cherry blossoms, butterflies and wind lines in colour across the back.
Full back Japanese piece with geisha and butterflies
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a butterfly with wings filled with overlapping circle and flower-of-life patterns, shown on pale paper.
Geometric butterfly design
Black line drawing of a fairy with butterfly wings and swirling tribal-style linework, shown as a standalone tattoo design.
Winged fairy tribal design
Black and grey botanical tattoo of daffodils and butterflies running up the inside of a forearm, with soft shading.
Daffodils and butterflies on a forearm
Pastel butterfly tattoo in pale blue, yellow-green and red on the ankle of a person wearing grey shoes.
Watercolour butterfly on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a pink lily with green leaves, blue and green butterflies and black music notes and treble clefs on the inner forearm, in a botanical style.
Lily, butterflies and music notes on a forearm
Black and grey peony, butterfly and hourglass tattoo across a forearm, shown in four side-by-side photographs.
Peony, butterfly and hourglass forearm sleeve
Colour chest tattoo in a Celtic knotwork bodice shape, filled with flowers, a squirrel, a fox and foliage, on a woman's upper chest.
Celtic knot bodice chest tattoo with woodland animals
Pink and purple butterfly tattoo design with black linework, a web-like wing pattern and curled swirls, drawn on a pale background.
Pink butterfly with swirling tail design
Black linework lotus tattoo with pink fill and dotted swirls on the sole of a foot, with teal toenails.
Lotus flower tattoo on the sole of a foot
Botanical dotwork illustration of a white wolf and an orange fox in profile, framed by roses, leaves and butterflies on a grey background.
Wolf and fox profiles with florals
Black line drawing of a butterfly with outspread wings, built from dots and small oval shapes, shown as a dotwork flash design with no body placement.
Dotwork butterfly design
Pencil-style drawing of a fine-line botanical tattoo design with a curling vine, a pocket watch, a key and the words Life is what you make of it, shown on a pale pink background.
Vine, pocket watch and key design
Small solid black butterfly tattoo with textured wing detail on the inner wrist, shown against a blurred green background.
Butterfly on the inner wrist
Black linework butterfly tattoo with pink-filled wings and swirling scrollwork on lightly tanned skin.
Ornate butterfly with pink wings
Flash design of blue, purple and pink butterflies joined by a swirling dark line decorated with stars and dots, on a white background.
Butterflies and star swirl flash design
Colour tattoo of two sunflowers and an orange butterfly with black swirling vines on the top of a foot, in a botanical style.
Sunflowers and butterfly on a foot
Black script lettering tattoo reading 'never settle for anything less than butterflies' across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote across a shoulder blade
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a black and blue butterfly with a pocket watch, its face marked with Roman numerals, on squared paper.
Butterfly and pocket watch design
Flash sheet of many small colour tattoo designs, including a swallow, butterflies, roses, a dolphin, a ladybird, a heart and a sun, with no body placement shown.
Fund-raising tattoo flash sheet with assorted designs
Colour tattoo of a green-eyed owl with orchids and a small butterfly on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade, in a neo-traditional style.
Owl and orchids on a shoulder blade
Close-up of a small black outline butterfly tattoo in fine line style on the side of a woman's neck near the shoulder, with sunlit skin and water droplets.
Outline butterfly on the side of the neck
Close-up of a forearm with a small gold metallic butterfly temporary tattoo and a thin copper band and a blue band around the wrist.
Gold butterfly and bands on a forearm
Upper arm with blue and pink floral tattoos, a small butterfly and the words Always and forever in black script, shown beside a bouquet.
Floral upper arm tattoos with script
Small black butterfly tattoo with looping, calligraphic wings on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Stylised butterfly on a wrist
Healed colour tattoo of a red and magenta butterfly above a black script name with a decorative capital, with small star sparkles, on the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Butterfly and script name on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue butterfly above a yellow and black swallowtail butterfly, framed by grey and white swirls, on the upper back.
Two butterflies and swirls on upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with orange and black wings and white spots, shown on the side of a person's torso.
Realistic monarch butterfly on the side
Black fine line drawing of a butterfly with curved wings and a trailing antenna on a plain light grey background, shown as a tattoo design without any skin visible.
Fine line butterfly design
Painterly watercolour-style butterfly tattoo in orange, yellow, blue and pink with dark wing edges, sitting on the upper chest.
Watercolour butterfly on upper chest
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with a semicolon forming its body, shown in bold black outlines and orange wings on freckled skin.
Monarch butterfly with semicolon on skin
Colour tattoo of two pink and blue butterflies with black swirling vine linework across the hip and lower back.
Butterflies and swirls on a hip
Black line drawing of a butterfly with curled antennae and wings, with the words Just Breathe in cursive script beneath it.
Butterfly with Just Breathe script design
Small black and grey tattoo of a standing fawn with a butterfly above it, on the inner wrist.
Fawn and butterfly on the inner wrist
Black and grey tattoos on two forearms: the word Amore in script on one wrist, a fine line world map and a shaded compass rose, with a real brown butterfly perched on the arm.
Amore script, world map and compass on forearms
Neo-trad style lace butterfly tattoo in black and red on the upper back, with dotted chains and red gems hanging below it.
Lace butterfly with beaded drops on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two butterflies on the inner wrist, one larger below and one smaller above, photographed in black and white.
Two butterflies on the inner wrist
Two traditional-style tattoos on a woman's thighs, an ornate hand mirror with pink flowers on the left and a dagger with a red heart and butterfly on the right.
Mirror and dagger thigh tattoos
Colour realism tattoo of a pink lily with butterflies on a green and yellow wash background, on the upper arm.
Pink lily with butterflies on upper arm
Traditional style flash drawing of a woman with curled hair and red lips, with outlined rose and butterfly tattoos on her upper arms.
Pin-up face with rose and butterfly tattoos
Small fine line butterfly tattoo in black and grey on the upper back near the shoulder.
Small butterfly near the shoulder