With her skating partner, Nikita Ermolaev, she won five senior international medals, including three on the ISU Challenger Series.

[3] Butkutė's partnership with Russian skater Nikita Ermolaev began in the 2012–13 season.

[2][4] Representing Lithuania, Butkutė/Ermolaev appeared in their first International Skating Union competitions in the 2015–16 season.

In October, they won bronze at the 2015 Mordovian Ornament,[5] their ISU Challenger Series (CS) debut.

In March, they competed at the 2016 World Championships in Boston; ranked 17th in the short program, they missed qualifying for the free skate by one spot.