Butterfly (disambiguation)

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A butterfly is a flying insect.

Butterfly or butterflies may also refer to:

Brands and companies

• Butterfly (corporation), a sporting goods equipment maker
• BBN Butterfly, a computer
• GibboGear Butterfly, an ultralite trike aircraft
• Butterfly (film company), a film production company part of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company from 1917 to 1918

Books

• Butterfly, a book by Kathryn Harvey
• Butterfly (Hartnett novel), a 2009 novel by Sonya Hartnett
• The Butterflies (play), an 1894 American play

Film and television

Film

• The Butterfly (1914 film), a film by Tom Ricketts, starring Charlotte Burton
• Butterfly (1982 film), a film by Matt Cimber, starring Pia Zadora, Orson Welles and Ed McMahon
• Butterflies (1993 film), an Indian Malayalam film
• Butterfly's Tongue or Butterfly, a 1999 film by José Luis Cuerda, starring Fernando Fernán Gómez
• Butterfly (2000 film), a documentary about Julia HIll
• Nabi (film) or The Butterfly, a 2001 South Korean film
• The Butterfly (2002 film), a French film by Philippe Muyl, starring Michel Serrault
• Butterfly (2004 film), a film by Yan Yan Mak, starring Josie Ho and Tian Yuan
• The Butterfly (2007 film), an Indonesian film, starring Andhika Pratama, Debby Kristy, and Poppy Sovia
• Butterflies (2009 film), a documentary
• Butterfly (2015 film), a 2015 Argentine film

TV

• Butterflies (TV series), a British television show starring Wendy Craig and Geoffrey Palmer
• "Butterfly" (Haven), 2010 series episode of Haven
• "Butterfly", an episode of Teletubbies

Games and sports

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

Music

Albums

• ButterFly (Barbra Streisand album) (1974)
• Butterfly (The Hollies album) (1967)
• Butterfly (Jolin Tsai album) (2009)
• Butterfly (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2012)
• Butterfly (Mariah Carey album) (1997)
• Butterfly (Sara Tunes album) (2010)
• Butterfly, a 2009 album by Kelli Ali

Songs

• "Butterfly" (1957 song)
• "Butterfly" (Mariah Carey song)
• "Butterfly" (Crazy Town song)
• "Butterfly" (G-Dragon song)
• "Butterfly" (Danyel Gerard song)
• "Butterfly" (Kaela Kimura song)
• "Butterfly" (Kumi Koda song)
• "Butterfly" (Kylie Minogue song)
• "Butterfly" (Smile.dk song)
• "Butterflies" (3+2 song)
• "Butterflies" (Tone Damli song)
• "Butterflies" (Michael Jackson song)
• "Butterflies" (Patti Page song)
• "Butter-Fly", a 1999 song by Kōji Wada and the opening theme song of Digimon Adventure
• "Butterfly", by Andy Williams from Andy Williams' Best
• "Butterfly", by Bangtan Boys from The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Part 2
• "Butterfly", by the Bee Gees, also covered by Marmalade
• "Butterfly", by Candlebox from Lucy
• "Butterfly", by Grimes from Art Angels
• "Butterfly", by The Hollies from Butterfly
• "Butterfly", by Jason Mraz from We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
• "Butterfly", by Jolin Tsai from Butterfly
• "Butterflies", by Juliana Hatfield from Peace & Love
• "Butterflies", by Medina from Forever
• "Butterfly", by Pink Floyd, an unreleased song
• "Butterfly", by Sara Tunes from Butterfly
• "Butterfly", by Screaming Trees from Sweet Oblivion
• "Butterfly", by Serj Tankian from Harakiri
• "Butterfly", by Tori Amos from the soundtrack for the film Higher Learning
• "Butterfly", by Weezer from Pinkerton
• Butterfly, a programmatic title for Frédéric Chopin's Étude Op. 25, No. 9

Other uses

• Butterfly, Kentucky, a community in the United States
• Butterflies (Van Gogh series), an 1889-90 painting series by Van Gogh
• Butterfly (options), a financial trading strategy
• Butterfly (dinghy), a boat
• Butterfly (lighting), a cinema lighting methodology
• Butterflying, a butchery technique
• Butterflies in the stomach, English expression
• Butterfly Bomb, a German cluster bomb in World War II
• Butterfly Koi a type of ornamental fish with long flowing fins
• Butterfly loop, a mid-line knot
• Butterfly valve, a mechanic component of a carburetor
• Layla Miller or Butterfly, a Marvel Comics character
• Butterfly needle, winged infusion set, in medical practice
• Butterfly, one of many roller coaster elements
• Butterfly knife, a Filipino-origin knife

People with the name

• Julia Butterfly Hill (born 1974), American activist and environmentalist
• Butterfly Boucher (born 1979)
• Butterfly McQueen (1911–1995)

See also

• Butter (disambiguation)
• "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
• Falter (German for "Butterfly"), a magazine
• Fly (disambiguation)
• Madame Butterfly (disambiguation)
• Iron Butterfly, American proto metal band
• Good-byes and Butterflies, 1970 album by the Canadian band Five Man Electrical Band