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A red butterfly with brown and black wing details appears on a white background, accompanied by pixelated text in four sections.

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A red butterfly with brown and black wing details appears on a white background, accompanied by pixelated text in four sections.

A red butterfly with brown and black wing details appears on a white background, accompanied by pixelated text in four sections. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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  • butterfly

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2008042920412476160266
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:25 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a3/a3910f9024c8e4193640312fe7f60cd85bba453001416ee7464fc4c741d4a394.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a3910f9024c8e419
SHA-256
a3910f9024c8e4193640312fe7f60cd85bba453001416ee7464fc4c741d4a394
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
2008042920412476160266
Archive entry
2008042920412476160266.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:25 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2008042920412476160266.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2008042920412476160266.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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