100+ Unique Butterfly Tattoos For Women(2024)

Butterfly tattoos have a special meaning for girls. They represent hope, positivism, and beauty. You will find a lot of varieties of butterfly tattoo designs (for ex – black, blue, yellow, white, 3d, geometry, monarch, manly, tribal, and traditional) but when it comes to picking up a design for yourself you will surely get confused.

We are here to help you to pick up the right kind of butterfly tattoo design and that too on the right body part. Here are 100+ simple small butterfly tattoos that will look beautiful on girls (but men can try them too).

3D Butterfly Tattoo

1. A large size butterfly tattoo on the back is recommended only to those girls who unconditionally love butterflies and won’t have any other tattoo on the back.
Celtic butterfly tattoos


2. As Butterflies are very popular among girls so why not pick up a girl portrait along with a butterfly. Here is a tattoo of a butterfly sitting on the face of a girl.
Pictures Of Butterfly Tattoos


3. Butterfly tattoos are so common that it gets tough for one to show his/her design unique. Therefore I would suggest you opt for a 3D tattoo on your shoulder or forearm.
3d Butterfly Tattoos 1


4. I don’t think it’s a cool idea to add a hot air balloon along with a butterfly but many people still look for such designs.
Unique Butterfly Tattoos


5. Many girls like to wear matching dresses with their tattoos. So you should pick the color that you are comfortable wearing in public.
Watercolor Butterfly Tattoos


Traditional Butterfly Tattoo on Wrist

6. Is this a simple butterfly or am I seeing a crying Gremlin in it? Look closer and you probably would also find the gremlin.
Men Butterfly Tattoos


7. One of the best placements for butterfly tattoos is either behind the ear or on the back of the neck just like this.
Butterfly Back Tattoos


8. Do not opt for a butterfly tattoo on the soft part because it might leave bruises and red skin behind which will be too painful to look at. You can try nautical tattoos on such body parts.
Realistic Butterfly Tattoos


9. Two butterflies tattoo is a good idea but getting tattooed with two 3D butterflies might not turn out as good as it sounds.
Images Of Butterfly Tattoos


10. Like many other tattoos, you can add religious symbols or lucky signs to your butterfly tattoo design as well. There are many types of butterflies and you can learn about them so that you can decide which one you want.
Butterfly Tattoos On Back


Black Butterfly Tattoo

11. Coloring is an important part of tattoos so before getting inked you should consider the right type of color for yourself.
Baby Foot Butterfly Tattoos


12. A realistic tattoo design will be more costly than a normal one. I would suggest you find an experienced tattoo artist for it otherwise it will be a waste of money.
Colorful Butterfly Tattoos


13. Usually people avoid getting tattooed on the face but butterfly tattoos are a few such designs that many girls don’t mind getting on their face.
Tiny Butterfly Tattoos


14. Butterflies are attractive due to their wings so carefully observe the design of the wings of your opted tattoo and then ask the artist to make changes (if any).
Black And White Butterfly Tattoos


15. Many people like to add quotes to their tattoos. If you wish the same then you should get the butterfly tattoo inked on your back or stomach.
Meaning Of Butterfly Tattoos


Monarch Butterfly tattoo

16. If you are confused about an ideal thigh tattoo design then I would highly recommend you to try a butterfly tattoo because they look elegant and beautiful on this body part.
Butterfly Thigh Tattoos


17. You can also try a watercolor tattoo design. The positive point would be that it would be colorful but the negative point would be that it would be temporary.
Watercolor Butterfly Tattoos

18. While many tattoo designs are favored either in pink, red, or blue color, butterfly tattoos are preferred in purple color by girls.
Purple Butterfly Tattoos


19. A flower tattoo design will be highly symbolic and meaningful with your butterfly tattoo design so consider adding it to your tattoo.
Cover Up Butterfly Tattoos


20. You can also try to create a beautiful pastel butterfly tattoo design. Pastel colors are known to give unique look to any tattoo design.
Manly Butterfly Tattoos


Semicolon Butterfly Tattoo

21. This tattoo design on the stomach of this girl is inked in the style of a dreamcatcher tattoo and the half-moon just above it increases the beauty of this design.
Big Butterfly Tattoos


22. Even though girls prefer to get tattooed with large-size butterflies but if you are a working person then you might be looking for a small butterfly tattoo. Here is a tiny butterfly tattoo on the foot of this lady.
Small Butterfly Tattoos 1


23. If you want to opt for flying butterfly tattoos then the best body part to have is the back or upper shoulder (as shown here).
Mother Daughter Butterfly Tattoos


24. Siblings especially sisters should opt for matching butterfly tattoos. The best option is to get tattooed with two (or more) butterflies of different colors.
Side Butterfly Tattoos


25. One beautiful benefit of butterfly tattoos is that you can make improvements later on by adding new tattoo designs like flowers or trees or even other butterflies. This way you can create a beautiful new tattoo design on top of the existing one.
Beautiful Butterfly Tattoos


Blue Butterfly Tattoo Ideas

26. The caterpillar of a butterfly is often neglected but you can play with the design by adding subtle symbols to it. For example, the artist added a tiny skull to the head of the caterpillar in this tattoo.
Tattoos Butterfly


27. Butterfly tattoos with mathematical symbols are often requested by girls who are interested in science and technology. I would recommend you add a polygon in such designs.
Geometric Butterfly Tattoos 1


28. You can add matching patterns around your butterfly tattoo designs. It will give a feeling that it is the most important feature of your body.
Simple Butterfly Tattoos


29. Always opt for computer imagery to see how a tattoo design would look on you before getting inked in reality.
Flying Butterfly Tattoos


30. Many women prefer to have butterfly tattoos on their legs, especially on the ankle. I would suggest you pick up a design that gives an impression as if the butterfly is sitting on the ankle bone.
Baby Feet Butterfly Tattoos


Tribal Butterfly Tattoo Designs

31. A large size butterfly tattoo on the forearm is commonly suggested to girls. I would suggest you pick up the perfect alignment and positioning of such designs.
Black Butterfly Tattoos


32. If you wish to have a pretty butterfly design on your body then please have it on a visible part of your body.
Butterfly Tattoos On Shoulder


33. You can also add your own name to your butterfly design. Here is a colorful tattoo design on the back shoulder of this girl with her name inked just below it.
Monarch Butterfly Tattoos


34. If you opt for a quote along with your tattoo then make sure it perfectly blends with your butterfly design in terms of size, color, placement, and alignment.
Butterfly Tattoos For Women


35. Instead of black and grey butterfly tattoos you can opt for various color combinations but make sure you check them using photoshop before getting them done in reality.
Butterfly Tattoos Meaning


Skull Butterfly Tattoos on Shoulder

36. If you add a flower tattoo design with your butterfly tattoo then I would advise you to pick up a good color combo for such a design otherwise it would be unimpressive.
Butterfly And Flower Tattoos 1


37. Do not ruin your beautiful butterfly design by adding meaningless and unattractive symbols and signs around it.
Pink Butterfly Tattoos


38. The artist made a cute 3D butterfly tattoo in this picture but the wearer did a mistake by adding a large flower tattoo design in the background (later on).
Butterfly And Rose Tattoos


39. Even though most artists recommend adding a butterfly tattoo that shows both wings. But you can opt for a side posing butterfly if you wish to try a small design and have to hide it occasionally.
Butterfly Semicolon Tattoos


40. Picking the same color for butterfly and flower vine will result in a confusing tattoo like this. In this tattoo design, one can only distinguish between butterflies and flowers from a closer look up.
Lil Butterfly Tattoos


Butterfly and Flower Tattoos

41. Butterfly tattoos hold a special meaning against cancer. Therefore you will see a lot of people trying butterflies with cancer ribbons as tattoos.
Cute Tattoos Butterfly


42. Butterfly tattoos are an ideal option for cover-up tattoos as they can hide a small scar beautifully. For this, you have to opt for medium to large-size tattoos.
Butterfly Tattoos Designs


43. If you have a warrior within yourself then you would surely love this idea of a butterfly tattoo with a sword tattoo design. You can add a dagger tattoo if you wish to.
Butterfly Sleeve Tattoos


44. You artist might bend the wings of a butterfly to match it with the body part you’re trying it on. Therefore I would suggest having butterfly design on the plain body part.
Butterfly Ankle Tattoos


45. You can also opt for a tribal butterfly design and one benefit of it would be that it won’t fade away quickly.
Pretty Butterfly Tattoos


Tiny Butterfly Tattoos

46. Butterfly tattoos on hand are popular but still I would recommend you to have them either around the wrist or on the forearm.
Skull Butterfly Tattoos


47. If you add multiple butterflies in your tattoo design then one thing you can do is to change the size of each butterfly along with coloring and wing patterns.
Lowerback Butterfly Tattoos


48. There are multiple species of butterflies and you should research them before you pick up your favorite butterfly species for the tattoo. Here is the tattoo of Butterfly ‘Queen’ on the forearm of this woman.
Butterfly Leg Tattoos


49. You can also opt for a simple and cute butterfly design like this where the artist focused on the side pose of the butterfly.
Tribal Butterfly Tattoos


50. Yellow butterfly tattoos are hardly picked but in my opinion, yellow and brown butterflies also look as beautiful as purple or black and grey butterfly designs.
Girls Butterfly Tattoos

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3d Butterfly Tattoos


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Angel Butterfly Tattoos


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Baby Footprints Butterfly Tattoos


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Beautiful Butterfly Tattoos


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Black Butterfly Tattoos


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Blue Butterfly Tattoos


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Butterfly And Flower Tattoos


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Butterfly And Rose Tattoos


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Butterfly And Star Tattoos


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Butterfly Back Tattoos


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Butterfly Cover Up Tattoos


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Butterfly Foot Tattoos


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Butterfly Leg Tattoos


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Butterfly Sister Tattoos


3d monarch butterfly tattoos

Butterfly Tattoos Designs


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Butterfly Tattoos For Women


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Butterfly Tattoos On Back


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Butterfly Tattoos On Shoulder


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Butterfly Tattoos On Wrist


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Butterfly Temporary Tattoos


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Butterfly Wrist Tattoos


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Colorful Butterfly Tattoos


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Cute Butterfly Tattoos


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Flower And Butterfly Tattoos


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Girls With Butterfly Tattoos


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Lil Butterfly Tattoos


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Little Butterfly Tattoos


vine and butterfly

Lowerback Butterfly Tattoos


sailor jerry butterfly

Matching Butterfly Tattoos


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Meaning Of Butterfly Tattoos


Monarch Butterfly Tattoos


Mother Daughter Butterfly Tattoos


Pink Butterfly Tattoos


Purple Butterfly Tattoos


Realistic Butterfly Tattoos


Rose And Butterfly Tattoos


Roses And Butterfly Tattoos


Semicolon Butterfly Tattoos


Simple Butterfly Tattoos


Skull Butterfly Tattoos


Small Butterfly Tattoos On Wrist


Small Butterfly Tattoos


Tattoos Butterfly


Tiny Butterfly Tattoos


Tribal Butterfly Tattoos


Unique Butterfly Tattoos


So which butterfly tattoo design do you like the most?