Butterfly Symbol Copy and Paste, in Text, Emoji and Kaomoji

Tap a tile to copy it: text butterflies, the butterfly emoji, kaomoji, dividers, colour pairs and butterflies round a name.

Butterfly Symbol Copy and Paste, in Text, Emoji and Kaomoji

🦋ButterflyU+1F98BReady to copy

105 symbols. Tap one to copy it.

Butterfly emoji and its garden 14

Text butterflies 17

Single letters and the two wings 14

Butterfly in Chinese characters 12

Butterfly kaomoji 10

Butterflies round a name 13

Butterfly dividers 9

Butterfly emoji by colour, and combos 16

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How it works

Butterfly symbol copy and paste has no single text character behind it: the only two characters Unicode names butterfly are emoji, 🦋 and 🫌. So the classic Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ is three letters from two alphabets under five combining marks, one of 105 tiles here.

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A text butterfly is three borrowed letters

Text butterflies answers butterfly text symbol copy and paste with 17 tiles. Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ is a reversed ezh from Latin Extended-B, a Cyrillic zhe with two dots, and an ezh. The small εїз is a Greek epsilon, the Ukrainian yi and a Cyrillic ze. ʚїɞ swaps in two closed epsilons from IPA Extensions. Butterfly in Chinese characters adds 蝴蝶, húdié, and 11 more.

One butterfly emoji, and no colour setting

For butterfly emoji copy and paste, 🦋 is the first tile. It has one form, and Emojipedia records it drawn as a blue morpho or an orange monarch, depending on the emoji font. So blue butterfly emoji copy and paste gets 💙🦋, the first of nine colour pairs in Butterfly emoji by colour, and combos.

Tips
  • For a butterfly symbol copy paste with no combining marks, tap εїз or ʚїɞ: three plain letters each.
  • Ten wrapper tiles copy the word name: paste, then type your own name over it.
  • Nine of the ten butterfly kaomoji are letters and marks only, so they need no emoji support.

Questions and answers

Is there a blue butterfly emoji?

No. 🦋 has one form and no colour setting. Emojipedia records that some emoji fonts draw it as a blue-and-black morpho and others as an orange-and-black monarch. To say blue on every screen, copy 💙🦋.

Is there a butterfly symbol in Unicode?

Not as a text character. The only characters named butterfly are the emoji 🦋 and 🫌, so butterfly symbols copy and paste as borrowed letters. Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ is eight code points: three letters, and five marks from the Combining Diacritical Marks block.

Is there a caterpillar or moth emoji?

Not by name. 🐛 is named bug, though Emojipedia records it as generally depicted as a caterpillar. CLDR, Unicode's search-word list, files caterpillar under 🫌 alone, and no emoji name or search word mentions moth, cocoon or chrysalis. The Chinese group has 蛾, moth.

Why does the monarch butterfly emoji show as a box?

🫌 is listed in Emoji 18.0, and a device without that version shows an empty box. The computer this list was built on still did on 19 September 2026. 🦋 is from Emoji 3.0, and the text butterflies need no emoji support.

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Butterfly emoji and its garden 14

  • Blossom U+1F33C. A yellow flower. CLDR files it under buttercup and dandelion. Emoji 0.6.
  • Bug U+1F41B. Unicode names it bug, and CLDR files it under bug, garden and insect, not under caterpillar. Emojipedia records it as generally depicted as a caterpillar, typically green, which is why it stands in for one here. Emoji 0.6.
  • Butterfly U+1F98B. The butterfly emoji, and the only emoji CLDR files under the word butterfly. Its other two search words are insect and pretty. Unicode gives it no colour of its own: Emojipedia records it drawn as a blue-and-black morpho or as an orange-and-black monarch, depending on who made the emoji font. Emoji 3.0.
  • Cherry blossom U+1F338. CLDR files it under blossom, spring and springtime. Emoji 0.6.
  • Egg U+1F95A. Where a butterfly starts. CLDR files this one under breakfast and food, so it is a hen's egg on loan. Emoji 3.0.
  • Honeybee U+1F41D. A fellow insect: CLDR files 12 emoji under insect, and the two butterflies and the bee are three of them. Emoji 0.6.
  • Hyacinth U+1FABB. CLDR files it under lavender, lilac, lupine and bluebonnet. From Emoji 15.0. Emoji 15.0.
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Butterfly emoji and its garden, continued

  • Lady beetle U+1F41E. Another of the 12 emoji under insect. CLDR also files it under ladybird and ladybug. Emoji 0.6.
  • Leaf fluttering in wind U+1F343. One of only two emoji CLDR files under flutter. The other is the folding hand fan, not the butterfly. Emoji 0.6.
  • Monarch butterfly U+1FACC. The second butterfly, new in Emoji 18.0. CLDR files it under caterpillar, metamorphosis, migration and hope, and it is the only emoji filed under the first three. Wikipedia describes the monarch as black, orange and white, and as migrating across North America every year. A device without Emoji 18.0 shows an empty box, and the computer this list was built on still did on 2026-09-19. Emoji 18.0.
  • Net with handle U+1FA8D. A net on a pole, new in Emoji 18.0. CLDR files it under catch, collect, mesh and trap, and no search word of it mentions a butterfly. A device without Emoji 18.0 shows an empty box, and the computer this list was built on still did on 2026-09-19. Emoji 18.0.
  • Peacock U+1F99A. Here for one reason: CLDR files three emoji under pretty, and they are the pleading face, the peacock and the butterfly. Emoji 11.0.
  • Sunflower U+1F33B. CLDR files it under outdoors and sun. Emoji 0.6.
  • Tulip U+1F337. CLDR files it under blossom, flower and growth. Emoji 0.6.

Text butterflies 17

  • All-Cyrillic butterfly U+0404 U+0457 U+042D. Cyrillic capital letter ukrainian ie, then Cyrillic small letter Yi, then Cyrillic capital letter e. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Ukrainian ie, yi and the Cyrillic letter e: every part from one block, so one font draws all of it.
  • All-Cyrillic butterfly, zhe body U+0404 U+04DC U+042D. Cyrillic capital letter ukrainian ie, then Cyrillic capital letter zhe with diaeresis, then Cyrillic capital letter e. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. The same round wings with the dotted capital zhe between them.
  • Big butterfly, bare body U+01B8 U+0416 U+01B7. Latin capital letter ezh reversed, then Cyrillic capital letter zhe, then Latin capital letter ezh. Latin Extended-B block, Unicode 1.1; Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. The plain Cyrillic zhe between the wings: no feelers at all.
  • Big butterfly, curved feelers U+01B8 U+04C1 U+01B7. Latin capital letter ezh reversed, then Cyrillic capital letter zhe with breve, then Latin capital letter ezh. Latin Extended-B block, Unicode 1.1; Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. The zhe with a breve, so the feelers are one curved mark.
  • Big butterfly, wavy strokes U+01B8 U+0334 U+04C1 U+0334 U+01B7. Latin capital letter ezh reversed, then combining tilde overlay, then Cyrillic capital letter zhe with breve, then combining tilde overlay, then Latin capital letter ezh. Latin Extended-B block, Unicode 1.1; Combining Diacritical Marks block, Unicode 1.1; Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. A tilde overlay on each side of the body in place of the short strokes, and a breve on the zhe in place of the two dots. The tildes drew faintly on the computer this list was built on, so in some fonts it looks like the next tile.
  • Classic text butterfly U+01B8 U+0335 U+0321 U+04DC U+0335 U+0328 U+0304 U+01B7. Latin capital letter ezh reversed, then combining short stroke overlay, then combining palatalized hook below, then Cyrillic capital letter zhe with diaeresis, then combining short stroke overlay, then combining ogonek, then combining macron, then Latin capital letter ezh. Latin Extended-B block, Unicode 1.1; Combining Diacritical Marks block, Unicode 1.1; Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. The butterfly that was pasted into profiles long before the emoji existed: eight code points, five of them combining marks. A reversed ezh and an ezh make the wings and a Cyrillic zhe the body. The marks add the feelers and the tails, and an app that strips combining marks leaves the plain one.
  • Closed wings, curved feelers U+029A U+012D U+025E. Latin small letter closed open e, then Latin small letter i with breve, then Latin small letter closed reversed open e. IPA Extensions block, Unicode 1.1; Latin Extended-A block, Unicode 1.1. A Latin i with a breve for the body, so the whole butterfly is Latin letters.
  • Closed wings, heart body U+029A U+2661 U+025E. Latin small letter closed open e, then white heart suit, then Latin small letter closed reversed open e. IPA Extensions block, Unicode 1.1; Miscellaneous Symbols block, Unicode 1.1. A white heart suit for the body. The outline heart has no emoji form, so it stays the colour of the text.
  • Closed wings, zhe body U+029A U+04DD U+025E. Latin small letter closed open e, then Cyrillic small letter zhe with diaeresis, then Latin small letter closed reversed open e. IPA Extensions block, Unicode 1.1; Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. The dotted small zhe between closed epsilons: the widest of the small ones.
  • Closed-wing butterfly U+029A U+0457 U+025E. Latin small letter closed open e, then Cyrillic small letter Yi, then Latin small letter closed reversed open e. IPA Extensions block, Unicode 1.1; Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Two closed epsilons from the phonetic alphabet, which the Unicode names list records as vowel signs, with a yi between them. With nothing between them the same two letters are the text bow.
  • Curly-winged butterfly U+22B1 U+0457 U+22B0. Succeeds under relation, then Cyrillic small letter Yi, then precedes under relation. Mathematical Operators block, Unicode 1.1; Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Two order signs from mathematics with curled ends. The thinnest butterfly on the page.
  • Plain big butterfly U+01B8 U+04DC U+01B7. Latin capital letter ezh reversed, then Cyrillic capital letter zhe with diaeresis, then Latin capital letter ezh. Latin Extended-B block, Unicode 1.1; Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. The classic butterfly with the five combining marks taken off: three letters, so it survives where marks get stripped. The two dots of the zhe read as feelers.
  • Small butterfly, dotted zhe U+03B5 U+04DD U+0437. Greek small letter epsilon, then Cyrillic small letter zhe with diaeresis, then Cyrillic small letter ze. Greek and Coptic block, Unicode 1.1; Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. The small zhe with a diaeresis: legs and feelers.
  • Small butterfly, zhe body U+03B5 U+0436 U+0437. Greek small letter epsilon, then Cyrillic small letter zhe, then Cyrillic small letter ze. Greek and Coptic block, Unicode 1.1; Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. The small zhe for a wider body with six legs.
  • Small text butterfly U+03B5 U+0457 U+0437. Greek small letter epsilon, then Cyrillic small letter Yi, then Cyrillic small letter ze. Greek and Coptic block, Unicode 1.1; Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. A Greek epsilon, the Ukrainian letter yi and a Cyrillic ze: three scripts to one insect. The yi is the body, and its two dots are the feelers.
  • Syllabics butterfly U+156E U+0457 U+156D. Canadian syllabics ttha, then Cyrillic small letter Yi, then Canadian syllabics ttho. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, Unicode 3.0; Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Two Canadian Aboriginal syllabics for the wings. They are mirror images in most fonts, which the ezh and its reverse are not quite.
  • Two-lobed butterfly U+15FA U+0457 U+15F7. Canadian syllabics carrier kha, then Cyrillic small letter Yi, then Canadian syllabics carrier khe. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, Unicode 3.0; Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Two Carrier syllabics, each with an upper and a lower lobe like a fore wing and a hind wing.

Single letters and the two wings 14

  • Big yus U+046A Cyrillic capital letter big yus. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. A letter of early Cyrillic: a small head over three spread legs.
  • Cherokee quu U+13CA Cherokee letter quu. Cherokee block, Unicode 3.0. A Cherokee syllable with a curl at each side.
  • Cyrillic zhe U+0416 Cyrillic capital letter zhe. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. One letter that looks like a butterfly seen from above: a body and four wings. It is the body of the classic text butterfly.
  • Left big wing U+01B8 Latin capital letter ezh reversed. Latin Extended-B block, Unicode 1.1. The reversed ezh, the left wing of the classic butterfly. Paste it, then a body, then the right wing.
  • Left closed wing U+029A Latin small letter closed open e. IPA Extensions block, Unicode 1.1. The Unicode names list calls it closed epsilon, a vowel sign of the phonetic alphabet.
  • Right big wing U+01B7 Latin capital letter ezh. Latin Extended-B block, Unicode 1.1. The ezh. The Unicode names list records it for African languages and Skolt Sami.
  • Right closed wing U+025E Latin small letter closed reversed open e. IPA Extensions block, Unicode 1.1. The closed reversed epsilon, the mirror of the left one.
  • Small big yus U+046B Cyrillic small letter big yus. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. The lower-case big yus.
  • Small zhe U+0436 Cyrillic small letter zhe. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. The lower-case zhe: the same shape at the height of a small letter.
  • Small zhe with two dots U+04DD Cyrillic small letter zhe with diaeresis. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. A small butterfly with feelers in a single character.
  • Vai za U+A564 Vai syllable za. Vai block, Unicode 5.1. A syllable of the Vai script of West Africa, drawn as four loops round a centre.
  • Yi, the body U+0457 Cyrillic small letter Yi. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. The Ukrainian letter yi: an i with two dots, which is all the body a small butterfly needs.
  • Zhe with a breve U+04C1 Cyrillic capital letter zhe with breve. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. The zhe with one curved mark above it.
  • Zhe with two dots U+04DC Cyrillic capital letter zhe with diaeresis. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. The zhe with a diaeresis, read here as two feelers. This is the exact letter inside the classic text butterfly.

Butterfly in Chinese characters 12

  • A kind of butterfly U+86FA CJK unified ideograph-86FA. CJK Unified Ideographs block, Unicode 1.1. Unihan gives its meaning as "kind of butterfly" and its Mandarin reading as jiá. The traditional form.
  • A kind of butterfly, simplified U+86F1 CJK unified ideograph-86F1. CJK Unified Ideographs block, Unicode 1.1. Unihan gives its meaning as "kind of butterfly" and its Mandarin reading as jiá. The simplified form of the same character.
  • Butterfly, dié U+8776 CJK unified ideograph-8776. CJK Unified Ideographs block, Unicode 1.1. Unihan gives its meaning as "butterfly" and its Mandarin reading as dié. The character most often printed on its own for a butterfly. Its left half is the insect radical.
  • Butterfly, hú U+8774 CJK unified ideograph-8774. CJK Unified Ideographs block, Unicode 1.1. Unihan gives its meaning as "butterfly" and its Mandarin reading as hú. The first half of the two-character word.
  • Butterfly, húdié U+8774 U+8776. CJK unified ideograph-8774, then CJK unified ideograph-8776. The two characters together. Wiktionary gives it as the word for butterfly in written standard Chinese, read húdié, the same in traditional and simplified script.
  • Butterfly, old form U+8728 CJK unified ideograph-8728. CJK Unified Ideographs block, Unicode 1.1. Unihan gives its meaning as "butterfly" and its Mandarin reading as dié. A second character with the same meaning and reading.
  • Caterpillar U+880B CJK unified ideograph-880B. CJK Unified Ideographs block, Unicode 1.1. Unihan gives its meaning as "caterpillar" and its Mandarin reading as zhú. A rare character. CLDR files the word caterpillar under one emoji only, the monarch butterfly.
  • Chrysalis U+86F9 CJK unified ideograph-86F9. CJK Unified Ideographs block, Unicode 1.1. Unihan gives its meaning as "chrysalis, larva" and its Mandarin reading as yǒng. No emoji name or CLDR search word mentions a chrysalis, a pupa or a cocoon.
  • Cocoon U+7E6D CJK unified ideograph-7E6D. CJK Unified Ideographs block, Unicode 1.1. Unihan gives its meaning as "cocoon; callus, blister" and its Mandarin reading as jiǎn. The traditional form. Wikipedia notes that a butterfly chrysalis, unlike a moth pupa, is not wrapped in a cocoon.
  • Cocoon, simplified U+8327 CJK unified ideograph-8327. CJK Unified Ideographs block, Unicode 1.1. Unihan gives its meaning as "cocoon; callus, blister" and its Mandarin reading as jiǎn. The simplified form of the same character.
  • Insect radical U+2F8D Kangxi radical insect. Kangxi Radicals block, Unicode 3.0. The part on the left of every butterfly character above, as a character of its own in the Kangxi Radicals block.
  • Moth U+86FE CJK unified ideograph-86FE. CJK Unified Ideographs block, Unicode 1.1. Unihan gives its meaning as "moth" and its Mandarin reading as é. Unicode has no moth emoji, so this is the nearest single character for one.

Butterfly kaomoji 10

  • (=^･ω･^=) ʚїɞ A cat with a butterfly at its nose
  • (˘ᵕ˘) ʚїɞ Eyes shut, a butterfly close by
  • (•ᴗ•)੭ εїз Reaching for a small butterfly
  • (⊙_⊙) Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Staring at the classic butterfly
  • (っ˘ω˘)っ 🦋 Holding out the butterfly emoji
  • (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ εїз Arms up, letting a butterfly go
  • Ƹ(•ᴗ•)Ʒ A face with the big wings on
  • Ƹ(╥﹏╥)Ʒ Crying, with the big wings on
  • ʚїɞ ⋆｡˚ (•‿•) A butterfly flying in from the left
  • εїз (ˊᵕˋ) εїз Smiling, a butterfly on each side

Butterflies round a name 13

  • ʚїɞ 𝔫𝔞𝔪𝔢 ʚїɞ The word in Fraktur
  • εїз 𝓫𝓾𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓵𝔂 εїз The word butterfly in bold script
  • εїз 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮 εїз The word in bold script
  • Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ name Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ The classic butterfly on each side
  • ƸӜƷ name ƸӜƷ The plain big butterfly on each side
  • ʚїɞ name ʚїɞ A closed-wing butterfly on each side
  • ⋆˚ʚїɞ name ʚїɞ˚⋆ Closed wings, rings and small stars
  • name εїз One small butterfly after the name
  • εїз name εїз A small butterfly on each side
  • ✧ εїз name εїз ✧ Small butterflies and two glints
  • name ⋆｡˚ ʚїɞ A butterfly flying off the end
  • ꒰ εїз name ꒱ Yi brackets, one butterfly inside
  • 🦋 name 🦋 The butterfly emoji on each side

Butterfly dividers 9

  • · ˚ · ｡ ʚїɞ ｡ · ˚ · Dots and rings round one butterfly
  • Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ───── Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Thin rule between two classic butterflies
  • ʚїɞ ⋆ ʚїɞ ⋆ ʚїɞ Three closed-wing butterflies and stars
  • εїз ʚїɞ εїз ʚїɞ εїз Five in a row, two kinds
  • εїз ┈┈┈┈┈ εїз Dashed rule, a small butterfly each end
  • ━━━ ƸӜƷ ━━━ Heavy rule, one big butterfly in the middle
  • 𓂃 ⋆ ˚ εїз Eyebrow hieroglyph as a flight trail
  • 🌸 εїз 🌷 εїз 🌼 Text butterflies between flower emoji
  • 🦋 · · · · · 🦋 Dotted rule, a butterfly emoji each end

Butterfly emoji by colour, and combos 16

  • Black butterfly Black heart, then butterfly. The butterfly emoji has one form and no colour setting, so the heart says black for it.
  • Blue butterfly Blue heart, then butterfly. The butterfly emoji has one form and no colour setting, so the heart says blue for it. Emojipedia records that some emoji fonts already draw it as a blue morpho and others as an orange monarch.
  • Butterflies in the stomach Flushed face, then butterfly 2 times. The saying, since no emoji name or CLDR search word mentions a stomach.
  • Butterfly effect Butterfly, then tornado. Wikipedia traces the term to Edward Lorenz and his picture of a tornado whose path is changed by a distant butterfly flapping its wings several weeks earlier.
  • Butterfly garden Cherry blossom, then butterfly, then tulip. One butterfly between two flowers.
  • Glow up Bug, then sparkles, then butterfly. Before, a little magic, after.
  • Green butterfly Green heart, then butterfly. The butterfly emoji has one form and no colour setting, so the heart says green for it.
  • Life cycle Egg, then bug, then butterfly. Wikipedia lists four stages: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and adult. Unicode has no chrysalis emoji, so the third stage is missing here.
  • Light blue butterfly Light blue heart, then butterfly. The butterfly emoji has one form and no colour setting, so the heart says light blue for it. The light blue heart is from Emoji 15.0.
  • Net and butterfly Net with handle, then butterfly. The net is from Emoji 18.0. A device without Emoji 18.0 shows an empty box, and the computer this list was built on still did on 2026-09-19.
  • Orange butterfly Orange heart, then butterfly. The butterfly emoji has one form and no colour setting, so the heart says orange for it. For an orange butterfly in one emoji there is the monarch, from Emoji 18.0.
  • Pink butterfly Pink heart, then butterfly. The butterfly emoji has one form and no colour setting, so the heart says pink for it. The pink heart is from Emoji 15.0.
  • Purple butterfly Purple heart, then butterfly. The butterfly emoji has one form and no colour setting, so the heart says purple for it.
  • Three in flight Butterfly 3 times. The same emoji three times: it has no mirror image and no second pose.
  • White butterfly White heart, then butterfly. The butterfly emoji has one form and no colour setting, so the heart says white for it.
  • Yellow butterfly Yellow heart, then butterfly. The butterfly emoji has one form and no colour setting, so the heart says yellow for it.

How this list was compiled: Built by script on 2026-09-19, not typed by hand. The emoji, their names, code points and Emoji version numbers come from emoji-test.txt, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); names are the CLDR short names printed in that file, in sentence case. Emoji search words are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml, main branch). That list files the word butterfly under one emoji, the butterfly, whose only other search words are insect and pretty; it files pretty under three emoji and insect under 12; it files caterpillar and metamorphosis under one emoji each, the monarch butterfly, and no emoji name or search word in it mentions a moth, a cocoon, a chrysalis, a pupa, a larva, a stomach or a blue butterfly. The build stops if any of that changes. Which characters have an emoji form, and the text-style sequences that keep them plain, come from emoji-data.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-data.txt) and emoji-variation-sequences.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt), version 18.0.0. Every character was checked against UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt): the code points and the character names in the notes come from that file, names in sentence case. Block names come from Blocks.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Blocks.txt) and the Unicode version each character arrived in from DerivedAge.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/DerivedAge.txt), both version 18.0.0. Other names and uses of a character come from the annotations in NamesList.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt). That is where closed epsilon and closed reversed epsilon, the use of ezh in African languages and Skolt Sami, and the eyebrow hieroglyph come from. Meanings and Mandarin readings of Chinese characters are the kDefinition and kMandarin fields of Unihan_Readings.txt in Unihan.zip, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Unihan.zip). How the butterfly emoji is drawn (a blue-and-black morpho or an orange-and-black monarch, by maker) is from Emojipedia (https://emojipedia.org/butterfly), and that the bug emoji is generally depicted as a green caterpillar is from https://emojipedia.org/bug. The four stages of the life cycle and the chrysalis that is not wrapped in a cocoon are from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly, the colours and yearly migration of the monarch from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly, and Edward Lorenz, the tornado and the distant butterfly from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect. That the two characters read húdié are the word for butterfly in written standard Chinese is from https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/蝴蝶. Which letters pass for a butterfly, and every text butterfly, kaomoji, wrapper, divider and combo, are this site's own choice and assembly; the tile names are our own. Every glyph was drawn with CoreText on macOS on 2026-09-19: all drew but the two Emoji 18.0 characters, the monarch butterfly and the net with handle, whose notes say so. All sources were checked on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work