Here are some butterflies tattoos pictures.

Butterflies are usually girly girl tattoos, though Arnold Schwarzenegger does have on his right butt-cheek a butterfly tattoo (being crushed by a terminator moth from the future).

Butterfly tattoos are one of the most popular designs in recent years.

Butterflies (and moths too) lend themselves to artistic expression; they can be done into designs that are realistic or abstract art. Since just the outline is recognizable, they can be combined with other images: fish, fairies, flowers, tigers can be used as an image that appears within the outline of the butterfly; keep that in mind if you've got a combo tatoo in mind.

What do butterflies mean? Here are some meanings:

• soul of the dead
• arrival of baby
• good luck
• prosperity

Here's one with striking colors: vibrant red, yellow and blue.

here is a flutterby with some tribal vines and little flowers.

This tattoo and the next have a cool combo of a butterfly and tiger face.

And another with lots of tribal features. This one would look good on the lower back or as an armband.

New: here's a tribal butterfly design with a heart in the middle.

here's a small green tattoo flash of a butterfly

a cool blue/purple butterfly design