Butterfly
The butterfly icon represents a beautiful and delicate insect, commonly used to symbolize nature, freedom, and transformation.
Exports at 24 × 24 px
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In any framework. Customize it above, and the code follows.
export const ButterflyIcon = (props: React.SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>) => (
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 256 256" {...props}>
<path fill="currentColor" d="M232.7 50.48C229 45.7 221.84 40 209 40c-16.85 0-38.46 11.28-57.81 30.16A140 140 0 0 0 136 87.53V56a8 8 0 0 0-16 0v31.53a140 140 0 0 0-15.15-17.37C85.49 51.28 63.88 40 47 40c-12.84 0-20 5.7-23.7 10.48c-6.82 8.77-12.18 24.08-.21 71.2c6.05 23.83 19.51 33 30.63 36.42A44 44 0 0 0 128 205.27a44 44 0 0 0 74.28-47.17c11.12-3.4 24.57-12.59 30.63-36.42c6.72-26.44 11.94-55.58-.21-71.2M92 208a28.12 28.12 0 0 1-3.14-56a8 8 0 1 0-1.76-15.9a43.64 43.64 0 0 0-20.74 7.9c-8.43.09-22-3.57-27.76-26.26c-2.88-11.35-11.6-45.88-2.66-57.44C37.37 58.46 40.09 56 47 56c27.27 0 73 44.88 73 71.67V180a28 28 0 0 1-28 28m125.4-90.26c-5.77 22.69-19.33 26.34-27.77 26.26a43.6 43.6 0 0 0-20.74-7.95a8 8 0 1 0-1.76 15.9A28.11 28.11 0 1 1 136 180v-52.33C136 100.88 181.69 56 209 56c6.95 0 9.66 2.46 11.1 4.3c8.95 11.56.18 46.09-2.7 57.44"/>
</svg>
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FAQ
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What the Butterfly icon means and where it's used, then how to install, style, label and license it.
The butterfly icon represents a beautiful and delicate insect, commonly used to symbolize nature, freedom, and transformation. It originates from the Phosphor icon library, designed for user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) applications. The butterfly icon signifies a sense of wonder and joy, often used in designs related to gardening, conservation, and wildlife.
In real-world applications, the butterfly icon appears in gardening software, such as plant identification apps like FlowerChecker, and conservation websites like the World Wildlife Fund. It's also used in designs related to beauty, fashion, and art.
From a UX perspective, the butterfly icon communicates a sense of lightness and freedom, helping users connect with nature and appreciate its beauty. It aids in creating a calming and peaceful atmosphere, making it easier for users to engage with designs and interfaces.
Butterfly is one of 9,161 icons in Phosphor, made by Phosphor Icons and released under MIT. It is drawn on a 256 × 256 grid.
Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds ButterflyIcon to components/icons/ph-butterfly.tsx: one file, a size prop (24 by default) and every SVG prop, with no icon package.
Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed ButterflyIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. Only the icons you import reach your bundle. It works in Next.js and any React app.
Yes, if your project has @phosphor-icons/react: Butterfly is `Butterfly` there, used as <Butterfly />. The shadcn.io MCP server answers with that import when it finds the package. Without it, copy the icon from here.
Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside, and SVG and data URL copies are there for plain HTML and CSS.
With Pro, the shadcn.io MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client find the Butterfly icon, or any of 9,161 Phosphor icons, and install it from a prompt.
It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it: a class like text-primary recolors it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.
Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 256 × 256 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation.
Yes. It follows the text color, so with text-foreground (or any theme token) it changes with your light and dark themes. The icon is a vector, so it needs no separate dark asset.
Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Butterfly", so screen readers say what it does.
Yes. ButterflyIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <ButterflyIcon aria-hidden="true" /> works, and so do role="img" with aria-label, or a title child, when it carries meaning on its own.
Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.
Yes. MIT allows commercial use; keep the license notice when you ship the icons' source files. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.
No visible credit is required: MIT only asks that you keep the license notice if you ship the icons' source files. Icons installed with the shadcn CLI already start with a comment naming Phosphor, Phosphor Icons and the license.
Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.
8 other libraries draw an icon called Butterfly. The Other libraries section on this page shows each one, so you can compare them and open the one that fits your style.
Its tags are nature, animal, wildlife, beauty and insect. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Butterfly in another set.
Phosphor draws many icons in several styles: Bold, Light, Thin, Duotone and Fill next to the default. Open the library and pick a style above the grid to see Butterfly's siblings in it.
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