Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a rocket with two roses and a butterfly on the side of a ribcage.
Rocket, roses and butterfly on ribs
Colour tattoo of a swallowtail butterfly above a red sofa inside an ornate oval frame, in neo-traditional style on the calf.
Butterfly and sofa in an ornate frame
Colour tattoo of a sleeping cartoon princess surrounded by pansies, a pink rose, a butterfly and a bee, with bold black outlines, on the upper thigh.
Sleeping cartoon princess among flowers on thigh
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with green, yellow-green, pink and orange wings and black outlines, on the upper arm of a person wearing a dark top.
Multicoloured monarch butterfly on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a limb showing an orange butterfly, leaves, a geometric flower and a bird's head, with black outlines and dot shading.
Neo-traditional butterfly and bird on a limb
Lilac and grey butterfly tattoo with filigree scrollwork wings and a heart-shaped top, placed on the forearm, with a small red heart tattoo partly visible at the bottom left.
Lilac butterfly and heart on forearm
Pencil and ink drawing of a woman's face framed by roses, peonies, a butterfly and a dragonfly, a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Woman portrait with roses and butterfly
Colour tattoo of a peony, green leaves and a butterfly wrapping up a forearm, in soft pink and green with grey shading.
Peony and butterfly on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with eyespot wings in teal, red, orange and brown, in a bold neo-traditional style, on the upper chest.
Colourful butterfly with eyespots on chest
Flash sheet showing a colour floral skull with butterflies and ribbon, a black and grey skull with a spiked crown, and JANE lettering beside a deer silhouette.
Floral skull, misfit skull and deer flash sheet
Colourful neo-traditional chest and shoulder tattoo showing a woman's face, an iris, scrollwork, a butterfly and roses, shown in three photo panels.
Floral chest and shoulder tattoo with a woman's face
Colour tattoo of five butterflies with swirling black tendrils rising up the calf, in a neo-traditional style.
Butterflies climbing a calf
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face with a butterfly covering her eyes, placed on the forearm.
Butterfly over a woman's face on forearm
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with purple, orange and yellow wings, dotted detailing and hanging dotwork chains, on the forearm.
Jewel-toned butterfly on forearm
Black and grey drawing of a tattoo design showing a sugar skull with butterflies, roses and feathers, shown on paper with no body placement.
Sugar skull with butterflies and roses
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf showing Bambi and Thumper among green leaves and pink butterflies, with a banner beneath.
Bambi and Thumper on a calf
Colourful butterfly tattoo with orange, blue and purple wings and bold black outlines, placed on the chest in a neo-traditional style.
Orange and blue butterfly on chest
Purple butterfly tattoo with a heart-shaped outline in its wings and black swirl detailing, above black script reading I Will Fight, on skin.
Purple butterfly and heart with I Will Fight
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
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman holding a crystal ball, with roses and a jewelled butterfly headpiece, on an upper arm.
Crystal ball woman and roses on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing a woman's face merged with a skull, with a butterfly wing over one eye and a Roman numeral clock behind.
Half skull and half woman face with clock on upper arm
Colour tattoo of pink and yellow lotus flowers with turquoise butterflies and grey shading across the ribs and side of the torso.
Pink and yellow lotus flowers on ribs
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat with a monarch butterfly and leaves on the outer thigh.
Sphynx cat and butterfly on a thigh
Pencilled neo-traditional tattoo design on paper showing a cat's head, a large rose, mandala-style flowers, a butterfly and a fan motif, with no body placement shown.
Cat, rose and mandala tattoo design
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull with red butterflies, lace and beaded chains on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull with butterflies and beads on upper arm
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
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 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
Two matching ornamental mandala tattoos on the tops of a pair of feet, one with a red and teal butterfly centre and one with a red flower and green leaves, in neo-traditional style.
Matching mandala tattoos on both feet
Coloured drawing of a roaring lion head with a white rose and flowing green and yellow mane, with orange butterflies, on white paper.
Lion head with rose and butterflies
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a lion head framed by pink and red flowers and a butterfly, on the outer thigh.
Lion head with pink flowers on a thigh
Colourful butterfly wings tattoo spanning the upper back, with black outlines, stained glass style panels and filigree tendrils.
Stained glass butterfly wings across back
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 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
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
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
Mostly black and grey Neo-trad tattoo of an ornate heart padlock and key with butterflies and faint purple swirls across a person's upper back.
Heart padlock and key with butterflies on the back
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a red rose and green butterfly with black outlines on a thigh beside the knee, with a close-up of the same motif on an upper arm.
Rose and butterfly tattoo on thigh and upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a pale figure with large eyes and dark hair in an ornate oval frame, above a blue butterfly with red spots.
Pale cartoon figure and butterfly on a forearm
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a cat's head wearing a feathered headdress, pearl strands and a gem, with a small butterfly below.
Cat head with feathers and pearls
Colour tattoo of a tiger cub sitting in water with a small fish, with a butterfly above, on a person's upper back.
Tiger cub with butterfly on upper back
Large colourful neo-traditional peacock tattoo running from the side of the ribs down over the thigh.
Peacock tattoo on hip and thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cartoon pony with a pink mane and a skull on its flank, with a green butterfly and orange and teal swirls, on the leg.
Cartoon pony with skull and swirls on a leg
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo of a green and purple butterfly with blue bubbles on the side of a foot near the ankle.
Green butterfly with bubbles on a foot
Colourful neo-traditional flamingo tattoo with a butterfly, roses and blue flowers on the calf of a leg.
Pink flamingo and butterfly on a calf
Colourful neo-traditional butterfly tattoo with teal, coral and red wings, black outlines and a small red heart on the grey body, on a limb.
Neo-traditional butterfly with a heart
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