Butterfly (disambiguation)

A butterfly is a flying insect.

Butterfly may also refer to:

Companies

• Butterfly (company), an American film production company 1917–1918
• Butterfly (brand), used by Japanese table tennis apparel and equipment supplier Tamasu

Film and television

Film

• The Butterfly (1914 film), an American silent short film by Tom Ricketts
• Butterfly (1924 film), an American silent drama film by Clarence Brown
• 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 (2022 film), an Indian Telugu-language mystery thriller film
• Butterfly (2023 film), an Indian Marathi-language drama film
• Butterfly (unreleased film), an Indian Kannada-language film by Ramesh Aravind

Television

• Butterfly (2018 TV series), a British drama miniseries
• Butterfly (2025 TV series), an American/South-Korean spy thriller series
• "Butterfly" (Haven), a 2010 episode
• "Butterfly" (Teletubbies), a 1997 episode
• "The Butterfly" (The Amazing World of Gumball), a 2015 episode

Games and sports

• Butterfly (game), a two-player abstract strategy game
• Butterfly stroke, a swimming technique
• Butterfly style, a goaltending technique in ice hockey

Literature

• 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

• 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

• 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

• "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" (Marina song), 2025
• "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
• "Butterfly", by James from Yummy, 2024

People

• 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

• Butterfly (constituency), Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong
• Butterfly, Kentucky, US

Technology

• 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

• 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

• 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
• Falter (German for Butterfly), a magazine
• Madame Butterfly (disambiguation)

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