Butterfly Emoji
This emoji shows a butterfly, an insect with outstretched wings that are usually red, yellow, and blue in color. It is commonly used as a symbol for positive transformation and new beginnings.
Butterfly is a fully-qualified emoji encoded in Unicode 9.0 , and included in Emoji 3.0 in 2016.
This emoji is part of the Animals & Nature and is grouped with other Animal Bug emojis. Part of the Unicode Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block.
To find this emoji, you can use the following keywords:
- butterfly
- insect
- pretty
Copy and paste the Butterfly emoji:
- 🦋
Codes & Encoding for the Butterfly Emoji
Click any code below to copy it to your clipboard.
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Codepoint
U+1F98B✓ Copied -
HTML (decimal)
🦋✓ Copied -
HTML (hex)
🦋✓ Copied -
CSS
\1F98B✓ Copied -
JavaScript
\u{1F98B}✓ Copied -
URL-encoded
%F0%9F%A6%8B✓ Copied -
Shortcode
:butterfly:✓ Copied - Unicode block Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs
How to Type the Butterfly Emoji
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iOS Use the emoji keyboard (globe icon → smiley)
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Android Use Gboard's emoji keyboard, or type the emoji's name
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Windows Win + . opens the emoji picker
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macOS Ctrl + Cmd + Space opens the character viewer
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Linux Ctrl + Shift + e then codepoint, or use IBus picker
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Web Paste the character or use an emoji-picker library
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Slack Type :butterfly: (autocompletes to the emoji)
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Discord Type :butterfly: (autocompletes to the emoji)
Butterfly Emoji on Different Platforms
How to Use the Butterfly Emoji
- Saw a butterfly 🦋 fluttering by the flowers.
- My daughter loves butterflies 🦋.
- That tattoo design is a pretty butterfly 🦋.