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 (2024 film), a French animated short film by Florence Miailhe
  • 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<!-- at least dot matrix impact 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)