Copy and paste the Butterfly emoji (🦋) in one click. Explore its Animals & Nature meaning, modern texting slang, chat examples, and Emoji 3.0 / Unicode 9.0 (2016) developer codes (U+1F98B).
Unicode Definition: A beautiful butterfly with wide wings displayed, adorned in vibrant blue, cyan, or orange patterns.
Context & Expression: Symbolizes metamorphosis, transformation, personal growth, grace, and rebirth.
Context Tip: Pairing Butterfly (🦋) with complementary emojis or tone indicators helps clarify intent across iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack.
Popular in wellness and therapy circles for overcoming struggles: 'transforming like a butterfly'.
Combine 🦋 with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.
See how the Butterfly emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.
Looking back at who I was three years ago versus the peaceful life I've built today.
A true personal metamorphosis 🦋 so proud of your growth and resilience
Thank you for being there through every stage of the journey.
Apple renders an iconic blue morpho butterfly with intricate black wing borders; Google features a bright cyan vector; Microsoft uses crisp geometric wing symmetries.
High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting
System Font: 'Apple Color Emoji'| Platform / Vendor | Glyph Preview | System Emoji Font | Rendering Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iOS / macOS | 🦋 | Apple Color Emoji | High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting |
| Google Android | 🦋 | Noto Color Emoji | Clean, rounded Noto Color Emoji vector geometry |
| Samsung One UI | 🦋 | Samsung Color Emoji | Vibrant high-contrast One UI color styling |
| Microsoft Windows | 🦋 | Segoe UI Emoji | Fluent Design 3D shading (renders 2-letter ISO codes for country flags) |
| X / Discord (Twemoji) | 🦋 | Twitter Color Emoji | Flat minimalist Twemoji SVG iconography |
Verified Unicode code points, HTML entities, CSS/JS escapes, UTF-8 bytes, and version data.
| Character | 🦋 |
|---|---|
| Official Unicode Name | Butterfly |
| Unicode Code Point | U+1F98B |
| HTML Decimal Entity | 🦋 |
| HTML Hex Entity | 🦋 |
| CSS Escape Code | \01F98B |
| JavaScript / ES6 Escape | \u{1F98B} |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A6 8B |
| Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub) | :butterfly: |
| Emoji / Unicode Version | Emoji 3.0 / Unicode 9.0 (2016) |
| Category & Subgroup | Animals & Nature (insects) |
Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.
Symbolizes metamorphosis, transformation, personal growth, grace, and rebirth. It belongs to the Animals & Nature category and was standardized in Emoji 3.0 / Unicode 9.0 (2016).
Popular in wellness and therapy circles for overcoming struggles: 'transforming like a butterfly'.
Click the "Copy Emoji (🦋)" button at the top of this page to copy the character to your clipboard, then press Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux), Cmd+V (macOS), or long-press Paste (iOS/Android) in any app.
The Unicode code point is U+1F98B (Emoji 3.0 / Unicode 9.0 (2016)). In HTML use 🦋 or 🦋; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\01F98B"; in JavaScript use "\u{1F98B}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :butterfly:.
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