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, part of Unicode 3.0 , introduced in 1999, and was added to Emoji 3.0 .
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. Introduced in 2016.
To find this emoji, you can use the following keywords:
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 🦋.