Butterfly (disambiguation)
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A butterfly
is a flying insect.
Butterfly or Butterflies may also refer to:
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
is a flying insect.
Butterfly or Butterflies may also refer to:
Albums
- ButterFly (Barbra Streisand album)ButterFly (Barbra Streisand album)ButterFly is a studio album by Barbra Streisand, recorded and released in 1974. The credited producer is Streisand's then-boyfriend Jon Peters, with arrangements by Tom Scott. The album contains contemporary material from a diverse selection of writers, as well as interpretations of standards...
, a 1974 album by Barbra Streisand - Butterfly (The Hollies album), a 1967 rock/pop album by The Hollies
- Butterfly (Jolin Tsai album), a 2009 Mandopop album by Jolin Tsai
- Butterfly (Mariah Carey album), a 1997 R&B album by Mariah Carey
- Butterfly (Sara Tunes album), a 2010 Latín Pop album by Sara Tunes
- Butterfly (Tokey Tones album)Butterfly (Tokey Tones album)Butterfly is the second of two simultaneous releases by The Tokey Tones, released by Lil' Chief Records in 2003. The cover art for both albums was designed by noted Auckland artist Tanya Thompson, otherwise known as Misery....
, a 2003 Indie pop album by The Tokey Tones
Songs
- "Butterflies" (3+2 song)Butterflies (3+2 song)"Butterflies" is a song, written by Maxim Fadeev and Malka Chaplin and performed by Belarusian group 3+2, and was the Belarusian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, held in Oslo, Norway in May 2010. 3+2 had been internally selected in March 2010 to represent Belarus in the contest by the...
, a 2010 song written by Maxim Fadeev and Malka Chaplin - "Butterfly" (1957 song)Butterfly (1957 song)"Butterfly" is a popular song written by Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann and published in 1957. The song is credited to Anthony September as songwriter in some sources...
, a 1957 song charting in versions by Andy Williams and Charlie Gracie- "Butterfly" (Andy Williams song)Butterfly (Andy Williams song)Butterfly is a 1957 song, which became a hit for the singer Andy Williams. The song was written by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe under the pseudonym Anthony September, and reached #1 in the UK charts in May 1957, where it spent two weeks. Butterfly also reached #4 in the United States....
- "Butterfly" (Andy Williams song)
- "Butterfly" (Crazy Town song)Butterfly (Crazy Town song)"Butterfly" is a rap rock song by Crazy Town from their album The Gift of Game that was released in January 2001. It reached No. 1 in 15 countries, including the Billboard Hot 100.-Song information:...
, a 2001 song by Crazy Town on The Gift of Game - "Butterfly" (Danyel Gerard song)Butterfly (Danyel Gerard song)"Butterfly" is a pop song, written and recorded by the French singer-songwriter, Danyel Gérard in the late 1960s. It was firstly a hit in the French language....
, a late 1960s pop single by Danyel Gérard - "Butterfly" (G-Dragon song)Butterfly (G-Dragon song)"Butterfly" is the third single from the South Korean singer G-Dragon's first album Heartbreaker. It was released about a month after the release of his song "Breathe"....
, a 2009 song by G-Dragon on Heartbreaker - "Butterfly" (Jason Mraz song), a 2008 song by Jason Mraz on the album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
- "Butterfly" (Kaela Kimura song)Butterfly (Kaela Kimura song)"Butterfly" is a wedding song by Japanese musician Kaela Kimura, released as a digital single on June 1, 2009, roughly a month before her fifth album, Hocus Pocus. It was extremely successful, reaching downloads of over 2,000,000 just over six months after its release. It is Kimura's most...
, a 2009 wedding song by Kaela Kimura on Hocus Pocus - "Butterfly" (Koda Kumi song), a 2005 song by Kumi Koda on Best: First Things
- "Butterfly" (Kylie Minogue song)Butterfly (Kylie Minogue song)"Butterfly" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue from her seventh studio album Light Years . The song was written by Minogue and Steven Anderson and was produced by DJ Mark Picchiotti...
, a 2001 song by Kylie Minogue on Light Years - "Butter-Fly" (1999) and "Butter-Fly 'Strong Version'" (2009), a song by Kōji Wada and the opening theme song of Digimon Adventure
- "Butterfly" (Mariah Carey song)Butterfly (Mariah Carey song)"Butterfly" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her sixth studio album, Butterfly. It was released as the second single from the album on December 1, 1997 by Columbia Records. The song was written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff; both of them producing and arranging the song as...
, a 1997 song by Mariah Carey on Butterfly - "Butterflies" (Michael Jackson song)Butterflies (Michael Jackson song)"Butterflies" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was written and composed by Andre Harris and Marsha Ambrosius, and produced by Jackson and Harris. The track appears on Jackson's tenth studio album, Invincible . "Butterflies" is a midtempo ballad song with R&B musical styles...
, a 2001 song by Michael Jackson on Invincible - "Butterflies" (Patti Page song), a 1953 pop single recorded by Patti Page
- "Butterfly" (Smile.dk song)Butterfly (Smile.dk song)"Butterfly" is one of Smile.dk's most popular songs and featured on their 1998 album Smile.The song gained popularity outside of Sweden when it was included on the first version of Konami's music video game, Dance Dance Revolution and Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix...
, a 1998 song by Smile.dk on Smile - "Butterfly" (Towa Tei song)Butterfly (Towa Tei song)-Track listing:# "Chrysalis" - 1:18# "Butterfly" - 3:44# "Moth " - 6:26# "Why" - 3:42# "Reprise" - 1:07...
, a 1998 song by Towa Tei on Last Century Modern - "Butterflies", a 2009 song by Alan Dawa Dolma on My LifeMy Life (Alan Dawa Dolma album)-Japan:...
- "Butterflies", a 2010 song by Alana LeeAlana LeeAlana Lee Hamilton is an American pop singer who attracted media attention in the wake of Rebecca Black's "Friday," with her own 2011 single "Butterflies". Like Friday, the song was co-written and produced by Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson of ARK Music Factory...
produced by ARK Music Factory - "Butterfly", a 2003 song by Delta Goodrem on Innocent Eyes
- "Butterfly", a 1997 song by Mason Jennings on Mason JenningsMason Jennings (album)-Track listing:#"Nothing" - 3:02#"Butterfly" - 2:09#"California" - 3:40#"Godless" - 2:14#"Big Sur" - 6:21#"California [Part II]" - 3:04#"1997" - 2:32#"Darkness Between the Fireflies" - 3:00...
- "Butterfly", a 1974 song by Herbie Hancock on ThrustThrust (album)Thrust is a jazz fusion album by Herbie Hancock, released in 1974 on Columbia Records. It served as a follow-up to Hancock's album, Head Hunters , and achieved similar commercial success, as the album reached as high as number 13 on the Billboard Hot 200 listing...
- "Butterfly", a 1999 song by Jamiroquai on SynkronizedSynkronizedSynkronized is the fourth studio album released by Acid Jazz band Jamiroquai. Released in 1999, the album contains funk, disco, and acid jazz elements...
- "Butterflies", a 2001 song by Natalie Imbruglia on White Lilies IslandWhite Lilies IslandWhite Lilies Island is the second album by Natalie Imbruglia. It was released in Europe and Australia in late 2001 and in the United States on 5 March 2002. The name of this album comes from the location of Imbruglia's home in Windsor.-Sales:...
- "Butterflies", a 2008 song by Raheem DeVaughn on Love Behind the MelodyLove Behind the Melody-External links:* at Metacritic...
- "Butterfly", a 2007 song by Australian DJ, DJ S3RL
- "Butterfly", a 2007 song by Take That on their album Beautiful World
- "Butterfly", a 1996 song by Weezer on PinkertonPinkerton (album)Pinkerton is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Weezer, released on September 24, 1996. After finishing tours in promotion of their 1994 album Weezer, the band originally planned to record a space-themed rock opera entitled Songs from the Black Hole...
Film and television
- The Butterfly (1914 film)The Butterfly (1914 film)The Butterfly is a 1914 American silent short film directed by Tom Ricketts starring Charlotte Burton, George Field, Edward Coxen, Edith Borella, Jean Durrell, Ida Lewis and John Steppling....
directed by Tom Ricketts and starring Charlotte Burton - The Butterfly (1915 film), directed by O.A.C. Lund and starring Howard Estabrook
- Butterfly (1982 film)Butterfly (1982 film)Butterfly is a 1982 film directed by Matt Cimber, based on the 1947 novel The Butterfly by James M. Cain. The starring cast includes Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Ed McMahon, and Orson Welles. The original music score was composed by Ennio Morricone...
, directed by Matteo Ottaviano and starring Pia Zadora and Ed McMahon - Butterflies (1993 film)Butterflies (1993 film)Butterflies is a 1993 Malayalam romantic comedy film by Rajiv Anchal starring Mohanlal and Aishwarya. Aishwarya does a double role of twin sisters in this movie....
, an Indian Malayalam film - Butterfly (1999 film)Butterfly (1999 film)Butterfly's Tongue is the English language DVD release title for , a 1999 Spanish film directed by José Luis Cuerda. The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936...
, directed by José Luis Cuerda and starring Fernando Fernán Gómez - The Butterfly (2002 film)The Butterfly (2002 film)The Butterfly, or Le Papillon in original French, is a film by Philippe Muyl starring Michel Serrault and Claire Bouanich.-Synopsis:...
, directed by Philippe Muyl starring Michel Serrault - Butterfly (2000 film)Butterfly (2000 film)Butterfly, which first aired on public television in 2000, is a documentary film directed by Doug Wolens about the environmental heroine, Julia Butterfly Hill who has gained the attention of the world for her 2-year vigil 180 feet atop an ancient redwood tree preventing it from being...
, a 2000 documentary about Julia HIll - Butterfly (2003 film), directed by Tanuj Chopra
- Butterfly (2004 film)Butterfly (2004 film)Butterfly is a 2004 Hong Kong film based on Taiwanese writer Xue Chen’s novel The Mark of Butterfly . The film was directed by female award-winning director Yan Yan Mak and produced by Jacqueline Liu and Yan Yan Mak with the sponsorship of Hong Kong Art Development Council.-Plot:The film follows...
, directed by Yan Yan Mak and starring Josie Ho and Tian Yuan - Butterflies (2009 film)Butterflies (2009 film)Butterflies is a 2009 documentary film directed by Czech filmmaker Ester Brymova. The film won the Alan J. Bailey Excellence Award in Documentary Filmmaking at the Action on Film International Film Festival, Pasadena, California in the same year...
, a 2009 documentary - Butterflies (TV series)Butterflies (TV series)Butterflies is a British sitcom written by Carla Lane broadcast on BBC2 from 1978–83.The situation is the day-to-day life of the Parkinson family in a bittersweet style. There are both traditional comedy sources and more unusual sources such as Ria's unconsummated relationship with the...
, a British television show starring Wendy Craig and Geoffrey Palmer - Nabi (film)Nabi (film)Nabi is a 2001 South Korean film. Directed by Moon Seung-wook, Nabi was shot on digital video and transferred onto 35mm film, filmed on a low budget of $380,000. It marked the feature film debut of Kang Hye-jeong, who won Best Actress at the 5th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival for her...
, aka The Butterfly, a 2001 South Korean film - M. Butterfly (film)M. Butterfly (film)M. Butterfly is a 1993 romantic drama film directed by David Cronenberg. The screenplay was written by David Henry Hwang based on his play of the same name...
, a 1993 film directed by David Cronenberg - "Butterfly" (Haven), a 2010 episode of the supernatural television series Haven
People
- Julia Butterfly HillJulia Butterfly HillJulia Butterfly Hill is an American activist and environmentalist. Hill is best known for living in a -tall, roughly 1500-year-old California Redwood tree for 738 days between December 10, 1997 and December 18, 1999...
(born 1974), American activist and environmentalist - Butterfly BoucherButterfly BoucherButterfly Boucher is an Australian singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She has released two albums, Flutterby and Scary Fragile .-Biography:...
(born 1979) - Butterfly McQueenButterfly McQueenThelma "Butterfly" McQueen was an American actress. Originally a dancer, the 28-year-old McQueen first appeared as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, then continued as an actress in film in the 1940s, then moving to television acting in the 1950s .-Early life:Born...
(1911–1995)
Other uses
- Butterfly (dinghy)Butterfly (dinghy)The Butterfly is a one-design sailing dinghy, originally designed for a crew of two, but now most commonly raced single-handed. It was designed in 1961 in Libertyville, Illinois by John Barnett. The hull is a scow design. The craft has an mast and a single mainsail with a surface...
, a boat - Butterfly (options)Butterfly (options)In finance, a butterfly is a limited risk, non-directional options strategy that is designed to have a large probability of earning a small limited profit when the future volatility of the underlying is expected to be different from the implied volatility....
, a financial trading strategy - Butterfly (lighting)Butterfly (lighting)In cinema, butterfly is a methodology of lighting sets. When controlling light, grips use a variety of flags , nets , and diffusion...
, a cinema lighting methodology - Butterfly (corporation)Butterfly (corporation)Tamasu Butterfly is a major table tennis apparel and equipment supplier based in Japan and Germany. It has two headquarters in Tokyo, Japan and Moers, Germany...
, a sporting goods equipment maker - Layla MillerLayla MillerLayla Rose Miller, also known as Butterfly, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. She first appeared in House of M #4, and was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Oliver Coipel...
, a Marvel Comics character known as Butterfly - ButterflyingButterflyingButterflying is a cutting technique used by butchers to transform a thick, compact piece of meat into a thinner, larger one. The piece of meat to be cut is laid out flat on a cutting board and cut in half parallel to the board from one side almost all the way to the other. A small "hinge" is left...
, a butchery technique - Butterfly KoiButterfly KoiButterfly Koi, Longfin Koi, or Dragon Carp are a type of ornamental fish notable for their elongated finnage. The fish are a breed of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, which includes numerous wild carp races as well as domesticated koi .Butterfly Koi originated in the mid-20th century as a result...
a type of ornamental fish with long flowing fins - Butterfly styleButterfly styleIn ice hockey, "butterfly style" is a technique of goaltending distinguished by the goaltender guarding the lower part of the net by dropping to the knees to block attempts to score. The butterfly style derives its name from the resemblance of the spread goal pads and hands to a butterfly's wings...
, a goaltending technique in ice hockey - Butterfly strokeButterfly strokeThe butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...
, a swimming technique - Alpine butterfly knotAlpine butterfly knotThe alpine butterfly knot is a knot used to form a fixed loop in the middle of a rope. Tied in the bight, it can be made in a rope without access to either of the ends; this is a distinct advantage when working with long climbing ropes. The butterfly loop is an excellent mid-line rigging knot, it...
, a mid-line knot - BBN Butterfly, a computer
- Butterfly valveButterfly valveA butterfly valve is a valve which can be used for isolating or regulating flow. The closing mechanism takes the form of a disk. Operation is similar to that of a ball valve, which allows for quick shut off. Butterfly valves are generally favored because they are lower in cost to other valve...
, a mechanic component of a carburetor - A winged infusion set, better known as a "Butterfly needle"
- Butterflies (Van Gogh series)Butterflies (Van Gogh series)Butterflies are paintings made by Vincent van Gogh in 1889 and 1890. Van Gogh made at least four paintings of butterflies and one of a moth...
- Butterfly (game)Butterfly (game)Butterfly is a two-player abstract strategy game from Mozambique. The game is related to draughts and Alquerque. It is the same game as Lau kata kati from India which may suggest a historical connection between the two games. - Equipment :...
, a two-player abstract strategy game - Butterfly (novel)Butterfly (novel)Butterfly is a 2009 young adult fiction novel by Sonya Hartnett about the troubled adolescence of Plum Coyle, set in 1980s Australian suburbia....
See also
- In the English expression butterflies in the stomachButterflies in the stomachButterflies in the stomach is a phenomenon characterized by the physical sensation of a "fluttery" feeling in the stomach. This sensation can be a physical sensation related to the body's fight or flight response or it can be an ineffable experience related to the psychology of love or nervousness...
- "Butterfly, Butterfly" (The Last Hurrah)Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)"Butterfly, Butterfly " is a song by A-ha, and their final recording before splitting on 4 December 2010. The song was sold digitally in Norway from July 5. It is included on 25, a compilation album released on July 19. Its world premiere was on June 14, 2010. The single entered the Norwegian...
, a 2010 song by A-ha - Madame Butterfly (disambiguation)Madame Butterfly (disambiguation)Madame Butterfly is the English title of Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly.It may also refer to:*"Madame Butterfly" , a 1898 story by John Luther Long*Madame Butterfly , a 1900 play by David Belasco based on the short story...