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🦋 Butterfly Emoji — Meaning & Usage
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Description
Spread wings, bright colors. The go-to emoji for personal transformation — people love the caterpillar-to-butterfly metaphor for glow-ups, life changes, and new chapters. Also shows up in spring content, nature photos, and the occasional stomach-butterflies context.
When to Use
Transformation, spring, nature aesthetics, or nervous excitement.
Example Usage
- “New chapter, new me 🦋”
- “The garden is alive right now 🦋”
- “Butterflies in my stomach before the interview 🦋”
Popular Combinations
🦋🌸
Spring beauty
🦋✨
Beautiful transformation
How Butterfly looks across platforms
Open-source emoji designs. Each project maintains its own visual style — colors, shapes, and details may differ from what you see on your device.
Did You Know?
The 🦋 butterfly emoji surged in popularity after Travis Scott's song "BUTTERFLY EFFECT" (2017) and is now strongly associated with transformation.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does 🦋 mean in a text message?▼
Spread wings, bright colors. The go-to emoji for personal transformation — people love the caterpillar-to-butterfly metaphor for glow-ups, life changes, and new chapters. Also shows up in spring content, nature photos, and the occasional stomach-butterflies context. Transformation, spring, nature aesthetics, or nervous excitement. The tone can shift depending on context — a message to a friend reads differently than one to a coworker.
Is 🦋 used as slang or with hidden meanings?▼
Some animal and nature emoji have picked up slang meanings on social media. For example, 🐍 can mean "sneaky person" and 🍑 has well-known double meanings. The Butterfly emoji is primarily used for its literal meaning, but always consider context.
When was 🦋 added to the emoji standard?▼
Animal and nature emoji have been added across many Unicode versions. New animals are proposed to the Unicode Consortium each year, and each must go through a formal review process before being approved. Check the "Added" field above for the specific Unicode version.
What is the shortcode for 🦋?▼
On platforms like Slack and Discord, you can type `:butterfly:` to insert the Butterfly emoji. On GitHub, the same shortcodes work in issues and comments.
Unicode
U+1f98b
Category
Animals & Nature
Added
Unicode 3.0
Shortcodes
:butterfly:Keywords
animalinsectnaturecaterpillar
When to Use 🦋 Butterfly
Transformation, spring, nature aesthetics, or nervous excitement.
- •Send 🦋 when you want to express or reference "butterfly" in a message — it instantly conveys the meaning without extra words
- •Use 🦋 in conversations about animal or insect to add visual emphasis and make your point clearer
- •React with 🦋 Butterfly on social media posts, stories, or comments related to butterfly
- •Combine 🦋 with related emoji in captions or bios — works well when talking about animal, insect, nature
⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
Open your system emoji picker to type any emoji directly:
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Windows
Win + .🍎
Mac
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