Monarch butterfly
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- Shortcode
:monarch_butterfly:- Unicode
U+1FACC- HTML
🫌- CSS
\1FACC- JavaScript
"\u{1FACC}"- URL
%F0%9F%AB%8C
What ๐ซ means
A monarch butterfly with orange and black wings. It stands for transformation, long journeys, fragile beauty and hope.
Nature lovers use it for the monarch's long migration and for pollinator gardens. People also send it as a sign of personal change or of a loved one remembered.
It is a newer emoji, so some devices show a blank box. ๐ฆ works as the general butterfly.
Facts
Monarch butterfly ๐ซ is an emoji in the animals and nature category, under animal bug. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 18.0, released in 2026. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :monarch_butterfly:. People also look for it with words like โcaterpillarโ, โchangeโ, โfragileโ, or โhopeโ.
Timeline
- 2026Added to the emoji standard (Emoji 18.0)
Design history
Google (Noto)
2026
Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.