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🦋 butterfly emoji
The butterfly emoji 🦋 depicts a butterfly, a winged insect. It is used in contexts related to butterflies, insects, and pretty imagery. The emoji can appear in messages or content that refers directly to these topics.
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- Category
- Animals & Nature
- Unicode version
- 9.0
- Release year
- 2016
- Unicode sequence
- U+1F98B
- Emoji version
- 3.0
What does 🦋 mean?
A butterfly depicted with vibrant, often multicolored wings, typically in a blue, orange, or yellow hue, with a slender body. The design varies slightly across platforms, but generally maintains a realistic or slightly stylized appearance. Symbolizes beauty, transformation, and freedom. Part of the Animals & Nature category, specifically within the animal-bug subcategory.
Common uses
- Representing beauty and elegance: 'She looked as beautiful as a 🦋 in that dress.'
- Symbolizing transformation or change: 'Just like a 🦋, she transformed her life completely.'
- Indicating freedom or lightness: 'Feeling like a 🦋, free and happy today!'
In a message
The garden was filled with 🦋, fluttering around the flowers.
After years of hard work, she emerged from the cocoon like a 🦋, ready for new beginnings.
The artwork featured a 🦋 with wings that seemed to glow in the sunlight.
Variations
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Frequently asked questions
What does 🦋 mean?
A butterfly depicted with vibrant, often multicolored wings, typically in a blue, orange, or yellow hue, with a slender body. The design varies slightly across platforms, but generally maintains a realistic or slightly stylized appearance. Symbolizes beauty, transformation, and freedom. Part of the Animals & Nature category, specifically within the animal-bug subcategory.
How do I copy Butterfly?
Click Copy emoji, then paste it into a message or text field. Use Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on Mac.
How do I download Butterfly?
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Does Butterfly support skin tones?
This entry has no skin-tone variations in the current catalog. Different platform designs are renderings of the same character, not separate emoji.