Butterfly (disambiguation)
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A butterfly is a flying insect.

Butterfly may also refer to:

Companies

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Butterfly (company), an American film production company 1917–1918

Butterfly (brand), used by Japanese table tennis apparel and equipment supplier Tamasu

Film and television

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Film

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The Butterfly (1914 film), an American silent short film by Tom Ricketts

Butterfly (1924 film), an American silent drama film by Clarence Brown

Butterfly (1977 film), a Georgian comedy film

Butterfly (1982 film), an American crime film by Matt Cimber

Butterfly (1999 film) or Butterfly's Tongue, a Spanish film by José Luis Cuerda

Butterfly (2000 film), a documentary about Julia Butterfly Hill by Doug Wolens

The Butterfly (2001 film) or Nabi, a South Korean film by Moon Seung-wook

The Butterfly (2002 film), a French film by Philippe Muyl

Butterfly (2004 film), a Hong Kong film by Yan Yan Mak

Butterfly (2015 film), an Argentine film by Marco Berger

Butterfly (upcoming film), an Indian Kannada-language film by Ramesh Aravind

Television

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Butterfly (TV series), a 2018 British drama miniseries

"Butterfly" (Haven), a 2010 episode

"Butterfly" (Teletubbies), a 1997 episode

"The Butterfly" (The Amazing World of Gumball), a 2015 episode

Games and sports

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Butterfly (game), a two-player abstract strategy game

Butterfly stroke, a swimming technique

Butterfly style, a goaltending technique in ice hockey

Literature

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Butterfly (comics), Layla Miller, a Marvel Comics character

Butterfly (novel), a 2009 novel by Sonya Hartnett

Butterfly, a 1989 novel by Kathryn Harvey (Barbara Wood)

The Butterfly (novel), a 1947 novel by James M. Cain

The Butterfly, a 2000 children's book by Patricia Polacco

Music

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Butterfly Recordings, three American record labels

Étude Op. 25, No. 9 (Chopin) or "Butterfly"

The Butterflys, a 1960s-era group signed to Red Bird Records

Albums

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ButterFly (Barbra Streisand album), 1974

Butterfly (Deen album), 2016

Butterfly (Hollies album) or the title song, 1967

Butterfly (Jolin Tsai album) or the title song, 2009

Butterfly (Kimiko Kasai album), 1979

Butterfly (L'Arc-en-Ciel album), 2012

Butterfly (Mariah Carey album) or the title song (see below), 1997

Butterfly (Natalie Merchant album) or the title song, 2017

Butterfly (Sara Tunes album) or the title song, 2010

Butterfly, by Ailee, 2019

Butterfly, by Kelli Ali, 2009

The House of Love (1990 album), album by the House of Love, also known as The Butterfly Album

Songs

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"Butterfly" (1957 song), written by Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann

"Butterfly" (Crazy Town song), 2000

"Butterfly" (Danyel Gérard song), 1970

"Butterfly" (Kaela Kimura song), 2009

"Butterfly" (Koda Kumi song), 2005

"Butterfly" (Kylie Minogue song), 2001

"Butterfly" (Lloyd Cole song), 1992

"Butterfly" (Loona song), 2019

"Butterfly" (Mariah Carey song), 1997

"Butterfly" (Smile.dk song), 1998

"Butter-Fly", by Kōji Wada, 1999

"Butterfly", by the Bee Gees, covered on Barry Gibb's album Greenfields, 2021

"Butterfly", by BTS from The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2, 2015

"Butterfly", by Candlebox from Lucy, 1995

"Butterfly", by Cosmic Girls from Neverland, 2020

"Butterfly", by Demi Lovato from Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over, 2021

"Butterfly", by G-Dragon from Heartbreaker, 2009

"Butterfly", by Grimes from Art Angels, 2015

"Butterfly", by Herbie Hancock from Thrust, 1974

"Butterfly", by Jason Mraz from We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., 2008

"Butterfly", by Jessica Mauboy from Hilda, 2019

"Butterfly", by Kehlani from While We Wait, 2019

"Butterfly", by Lenny Kravitz from Mama Said, 1991

"Butterfly", by Markus Feehily from Fire, 2015

"Butterfly", by MC Cheung from Treble, 2024

"Butterfly", by Perfume from Game, 2008

"Butterfly", by Pink Floyd from 1965: Their First Recordings, 2015

"Butterfly", by Screaming Trees from Sweet Oblivion, 1992

"Butterfly", by Serj Tankian from Harakiri, 2012

"Butterfly", by Take That from Beautiful World, 2006

"Butterfly", by Tori Amos from the film soundtrack Higher Learning, 1995

"Butterfly", by The Verve from A Storm in Heaven, 1993

"Butterfly" by Weeekly from We Play, 2021

"Butterfly", by Weezer from Pinkerton, 1996

"The Butterfly", by Little River Band from Too Late to Load, 1989

People

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Julia Butterfly Hill (born 1974), American activist and environmentalist

Butterfly Boucher (born 1979), Australian singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer

Butterfly McQueen (1911–1995), American actress

Places

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Butterfly (constituency), Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong

Butterfly, Kentucky, US

Technology

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BBN Butterfly, a 1980s massively parallel computer

Butterfly (dinghy), a boat

Butterfly (lighting), a cinema lighting methodology

Butterfly (print head), a part of the print head of line-oriented printers

Butterfly Bomb, a German cluster bomb in World War II

Butterfly joint in woodworking

Butterfly knife, a Filipino-origin knife

Butterfly loop, a mid-line knot

Butterfly valve, a mechanic component of a carburetor

Butterfly vibrator, a type of strap-on clitoral vibrator

GibboGear Butterfly, an ultralite trike aircraft

Butterfly needle, winged infusion set, in medical practice

Butterfly, a roller coaster element

Butterfly, the code-name and common name of the IBM ThinkPad 701 keyboard

Butterfly, a typeface by Wagner & Schmidt, licensed by Schriftguss AG

Other uses

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Butterfly (options), a financial trading strategy

Butterfly dance, a dance move

Butterfly stop, a railway station in Hong Kong

Butterflying, a butchery technique

See also

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Butterflies (disambiguation)

Butterfill, a surname

"Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)", a 2010 song by a-ha

Butterfly diagram, used to illustrate fast Fourier transforms

Butterfly effect, the idea that small causes can have large effects

Butterfly Koi, an ornamental fish

Papillon (French for Butterfly),

Falter (German for Butterfly), a magazine

Madame Butterfly (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term