# 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 (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

* 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" (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