Butterfly Emoji

Animals

A vibrant, open-winged butterfly, typically depicted with patterned wings in shades of blue, orange, and black. It captures the creature mid-flight or at rest with its wings fully spread.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent transformation, beauty, or a sense of fleeting change. It is frequently sent to signify nervousness—the 'butterflies in your stomach' feeling—or to celebrate spring and the outdoors. It is often paired with the caterpillar to represent personal growth or the flower to highlight its role in nature.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0, the butterfly was a highly requested addition to the animal category, reflecting its long-standing popularity in internet culture as a signifier of optimism and metamorphosis.

Details

Glyph

🦋

Unicode

U+1F98B

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f98b:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD8B;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-bug

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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