# 🦋 Butterfly emoji

🦋 Butterfly is an emoji in the bugs set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. Related words: insect and pretty.

- Emoji: 🦋
- Unicode name: butterfly
- Code points: U+1F98B
- Category: Animals & nature, Bugs
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :butterfly:
- Keywords: butterfly, insect, pretty
- Page: https://emojichart.com/butterfly-emoji

## What it means

Colorful, spread wings carry this butterfly through the air. It works for butterflies, beauty, spring and gardens, and the ideas of transformation and freedom, since a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.

## How to type 🦋

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “butterfly”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “butterfly”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “butterfly”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “butterfly”.
- GitHub: Type :butterfly: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mariposa | bonito, insecto, mariposa |
| Français (fr) | papillon | animal, insecte, mignon, papillon, printemps |
| Deutsch (de) | Schmetterling | Insekt, Schmetterling, schön |
| Italiano (it) | farfalla | ali, animale, colorata, insetto |
| Português (pt) | borboleta | beleza, borboleta, inseto |
| Nederlands (nl) | vlinder | insect, mooi, vlinder |
| Svenska (sv) | fjäril | fjäril, insekt, sommar, vacker |
| Polski (pl) | motyl | kolorowy, motyl, owad, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | kelebek | böcek, kelebek, şirin |
| Русский (ru) | бабочка | бабочка, красота, мотылек, насекомое |
| Українська (uk) | метелик | гарний, гусениця, зміна, комаха, крихкість, метаморфоза, міграція, надія, трансформація |
| Ελληνικά (el) | πεταλούδα | έντομο, όμορφος, πεταλούδα |
| العربية (ar) | فراشة | بابيون, بستان, جمال, حشرة, طبيعة, فراشة |
| עברית (he) | פרפר | בעל חיים, חרק, יופי, מעופף, פרפר |
| فارسی (fa) | پروانه | پروانه, حشره, زیبا, عاشق |
| हिन्दी (hi) | तितली | कीड़ा, तितली, सुंदर |
| বাংলা (bn) | প্রজাপতি | কীটপতঙ্গ, পতঙ্গ, পশুপাখি, প্রজাপতি, সুন্দর |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kupu-kupu | cantik, kupu-kupu, serangga |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bướm | bướm, côn trùng, đẹp |
| ไทย (th) | ผีเสื้อ | ผีเสื้อ, แมลง, สวย |
| 日本語 (ja) | チョウ | チョウ, バタフライ, 昆虫, 虫, 蝶 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 나비 | 곤충, 나비, 날개, 이쁜 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 蝴蝶 | 昆虫, 漂亮, 美丽, 蝴蝶 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 蝴蝶 | 昆蟲, 美, 蝴蝶 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): skoenlapper
- Akan (ak): afrafrantͻ
- Albanian (sq): flutur
- Amharic (am): ቢራቢሮ
- Anii (blo): gʊpǝmpǝru
- Armenian (hy): թիթեռ
- Assamese (as): পখিলা
- Azerbaijani (az): kəpənək
- Bashkir (ba): күбәләк
- Basque (eu): pinpilinpauxa
- Belarusian (be): матылёк
- Bosnian (bs): leptir
- Breton (br): balafenn
- Bulgarian (bg): пеперуда
- Burmese (my): လိပ်ပြာ
- Cantonese (yue): 蝴蝶
- Catalan (ca): papallona
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏍᏗ ᎧᎹᎹ
- Chuvash (cv): лӗпӗш
- Croatian (hr): leptir
- Czech (cs): motýl
- Danish (da): sommerfugl
- Estonian (et): liblikas
- Faroese (fo): firvaldur
- Filipino (fil): paru-paro
- Finnish (fi): perhonen
- Galician (gl): bolboreta
- Georgian (ka): პეპელა
- Gujarati (gu): બટરફ્લાઇ
- Hausa (ha): malam-buɗe-mana-littafi
- Hungarian (hu): pillangó
- Icelandic (is): fiðrildi
- Igbo (ig): mbubara
- Irish (ga): féileacán
- Javanese (jv): kupu
- Kalaallisut (kl): sommerfugl
- Kannada (kn): ಚಿಟ್ಟೆ
- Kazakh (kk): көбелек
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كوبەلەك
- Khmer (km): មេអំបៅ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikinyugunyugu
- Konkani (kok): फुलपाखरुं
- Kyrgyz (ky): көпөлөк
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Pepe
- Lao (lo): ແມງກະເບື້ອ
- Latvian (lv): taurenis
- Lithuanian (lt): drugelis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mjatel
- Luxembourgish (lb): Päiperlek
- Macedonian (mk): пеперутка
- Malay (ms): rama-rama
- Malayalam (ml): ചിത്രശലഭം
- Maltese (mt): farfett
- Marathi (mr): फुलपाखरू
- Mongolian (mn): эрвээхэй
- Māori (mi): pūrerehua
- Nepali (ne): पुतली
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bọtaflai
- Northern Sotho (nso): serurubele
- Norwegian (no): sommerfugl
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): sommarfugl
- Odia (or): ପ୍ରଜାପତି
- Oromo (om): billaacha
- Pashto (ps): پروانه
- Punjabi (pa): ਤਿਤਲੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): تتلی
- Quechua (qu): pillpintu
- Romanian (ro): fluture
- Romansh (rm): tgiralla
- Sardinian (sc): mariposa
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): dealan-dè
- Serbian (sr): лептир
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): leptir
- Shan (shn): ၵၢပ်ႇမိူဝ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): پوپٽ
- Sinhala (si): සමනළයා
- Slovak (sk): motýľ
- Slovenian (sl): metulj
- Somali (so): balanbaalis
- Swahili (sw): kipepeo
- Tajik (tg): шапалак
- Tamil (ta): பட்டாம்பூச்சி
- Telugu (te): సీతాకోకచిలుక
- Tigrinya (ti): ጽምብላሊዕ
- Tongan (to): pepe
- Tswana (tn): serurubele
- Turkmen (tk): kebelek
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mjetelčka
- Urdu (ur): تتلی
- Uyghur (ug): كېپىنەك
- Uzbek (uz): kapalak
- Welsh (cy): pili-pala
- Wolof (wo): lëppaalëp
- Xhosa (xh): ibhabhathane
- Yoruba (yo): Labalaba
- Zulu (zu): uvemvane

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F98B` |
| HTML | `🦋` |
| CSS | `\1F98B` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F98B}` |
| Python | `\U0001F98B` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 8B` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD8B` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%8B` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦋 butterfly emoji mean?

Colorful, spread wings carry this butterfly through the air. It works for butterflies, beauty, spring and gardens, and the ideas of transformation and freedom, since a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.

### How do I type the 🦋 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “butterfly”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :butterfly:.

### When was the 🦋 emoji added?

🦋 was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🦋?

U+1F98B. In HTML you can write 🦋, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F98B}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/butterfly-emoji