Animals & Nature · Emoji 18.0
Monarch Butterfly Emoji
is a monarch butterfly. It stands for transformation and a fresh start — a glow-up, a move, a comeback — and for the long journey it takes to get there.
It shows the orange-and-black monarch, the butterfly known for crossing a continent on its yearly migration.
- Unicode
- U+1FACC
- Released
- 2026
- Shortcode
- none yet
- Skin tones
- No
Approved in Emoji 18.0 (2026) and not on phones yet: vendors add new artwork in a system update, usually within a year. Until then it arrives as an empty box. The meanings on this page are the expected ones, drawn from its design and Unicode keywords — nobody can text it yet.
01 — Meaning
What does the Monarch Butterfly emoji mean?
is a monarch butterfly. It stands for transformation and a fresh start — a glow-up, a move, a comeback — and for the long journey it takes to get there. sits in animal emojis, where it is listed next to everything used the same way.People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 8.
People also look for it as orange butterfly emoji, monarch emoji.
02 — Platforms
Monarch Butterfly emoji: the designs published so far
No phone draws U+1FACC yet. These are the designs vendors have published ahead of their system updates, and so far they number 2.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Monarch Butterfly emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The character and its escapes are valid in code today; a chat shortcode will appear once Slack and Discord add the emoji.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+1FACC.
04 — How to type
How to type the Monarch Butterfly emoji
The monarch butterfly is not on any keyboard yet. Here is what works in the meantime, and where it will turn up once systems add it.
from this page and paste it. with a system update, not before it. Pasting the character already works.05 — Download
Monarch Butterfly emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the monarch butterfly as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 2 of them.
Emoji PNG library →06 — Combinations
Monarch Butterfly emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around monarch butterfly for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What means from a girl or a guy
Nobody has the monarch butterfly on a keyboard yet, so these are expected readings rather than observed ones — based on what it shows and how its closest neighbours are used.
is usually about her own chapter change — a new city, a new look, getting through something and coming out lighter. In a caption it says “I’m not who I was a year ago”, and she means it kindly. tends to be more literal — a hike, a garden, a nature photo — or a quiet nod to someone he is remembering. When he uses it about himself it signals real change, not a joke., you could reply with: “Proud of how far you’ve come”, “New chapter looks good on you”, or “Where to next?”08 — Apps
What means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Apps add a new emoji on their own schedule. Until they do, U+1FACC travels fine as a character and shows as an empty box where the artwork is missing.
is a monarch butterfly. It stands for transformation and a fresh start — a glow-up, a move, a comeback — and for the long journey it takes to get there. In comments and captions it is read the same way — the tone comes from what it sits next to. is not in it yet, so a pasted one arrives as an empty box on both sides. can only be pasted, and most members will see a box. or a box depends on their system, and today almost none can draw it.09 — Related
Emojis similar to the Monarch Butterfly emoji
Same family (animal-bug) — often confused with monarch butterfly or used alongside it.
Animals & Nature →Collections belongs to — every one of them
is a different way people go looking for it:
10 — Difference
vs 🦋 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Monarch ButterflyUnicode name: Monarch Butterfly
Code: U+1FACC · added 2026
Shortcode: :monarch_butterfly:
is a monarch butterfly.
Unicode name: Butterfly
Code: U+1F98B · added 2016
Shortcode: :butterfly:
Generally, the butterfly emoji means beauty and transformation.
11 — History
Where the Monarch Butterfly emoji came from
It arrived with the 18.0 release of the standard in 2026, and phones have not caught up with it yet.
Monarch Butterfly was approved as U+1FACC and shipped in Emoji 18.0 (2026). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so is redrawn by
Google, OpenMoji.
The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
12 — FAQ
Monarch Butterfly emoji — questions people actually ask
What does the Monarch Butterfly emoji mean?
is a monarch butterfly. It stands for transformation and a fresh start — a glow-up, a move, a comeback — and for the long journey it takes to get there.What does mean from a girl?
is usually about her own chapter change — a new city, a new look, getting through something and coming out lighter. In a caption it says “I’m not who I was a year ago”, and she means it kindly. That is the expected reading: the emoji is not on phones yet, so nobody has texted it for real.What does mean from a guy?
tends to be more literal — a hike, a garden, a nature photo — or a quiet nod to someone he is remembering. When he uses it about himself it signals real change, not a joke. That is the expected reading: the emoji is not on phones yet, so nobody has texted it for real.How do you reply to the emoji?
, you could reply with: “Proud of how far you’ve come”, “New chapter looks good on you”, or “Where to next?”What else is the emoji called?
What is the Unicode code for ?
How do I copy and paste the emoji?
goes straight to your clipboard and pastes into Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Discord or any text field. Until phones add Emoji 18.0, most screens will show an empty box where it lands.When will the Monarch Butterfly emoji be on iPhone and Android?
shows as an empty box on most screens. Google and OpenMoji have already published artwork for it.