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 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 Butterfly (2023 film), an Indian Marathi-language drama 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), 2009, by Sonya Hartnett Butterfly, a 1989 novel by Kathryn Harvey (Barbara Wood) The Butterfly (novel), 1947, by James M. Cain The Butterfly, a 2000 children's book by Patricia Polacco
Music
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), 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
Other uses in 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
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 catastrophe, in mathematical singularity theory 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)