Papillon

Papillon, papillons, or le papillon may refer to:

Animals

• Butterfly
• Papillon (dog), a dog breed
• Papillon (horse), a racehorse, winner of the 2000 Grand National

Film and television

• Papillon, a fictional character in the anime series Busou Renkin
• Papillon (1973 film), an adaptation of Henri Charrière's book, starring Steve McQueen
• Papillon (2017 film), another adaptation of Henri Charrière's book, starring Charlie Hunnam
• Le Papillon (film) or The Butterfly, a 2002 French film starring Michel Serrault
• Papillon (TV series), a live action comedy series

Literature

• Papillon (book) (1969), a memoir by Henri Charrière about his imprisonment at the Devil's Island penal colony in French Guiana
• Papillon (manga), a manga series by Ueda Miwa

Music and dance

• Papillon (Hitomi Shimatani album), 2001, or the title song
• Papillon (Lara Fabian album), 2019
• Papillon, a 2015 album by the French artist Sanseverino
• Le papillon (ballet), an 1860 ballet
• Papillons, a series of piano dances by Robert Schumann

Songs

• "Papillon" (Chaka Khan song), originally recorded by Gregg Diamond as "Hot Butterfly", 1978; covered by Chaka Khan, 1980
• "Papillon" (Editors song), 2009
• "Papillon" (Hitomi Shimatani song), a Japanese-language cover of Janet Jackson's "Doesn't Really Matter", 2001
• "Papillon", by the Airborne Toxic Event from The Airborne Toxic Event, 2008
• "Papillon", by Celine Dion from S'il suffisait d'aimer, 1998
• "Papillon", by Jackson Wang, 2017
• "Papillon", by Nicole, 1982
• "Papillon", by Patrick Norman, 1974
• "Papillon", by Rilo Kiley from The Initial Friend, 1999
• "Papillon", by Rolf Harris, 1974
• "Papillon", by Stratovarius from Elements Pt. 1, 2003
• "Papillon", by Secret Garden from Songs from a Secret Garden, 1996
• "Papillon", by the Twilight Singers from Blackberry Belle, 2003
• "Papillon (On the Wings of the Butterfly)", by David Arkenstone from In the Wake of the Wind, 1991
• "Papillon", by Nmixx from Fe3O4: Forward, 2025

Other uses

• Le Papillon (restaurant), a French restaurant in San Jose, California
• Papillon Hall, Lubenham, a historic house in Leicestershire, England, built in about 1620, remodelled by Edwin Lutyens in 1903, and demolished in 1950
• Papillon Records, a British record label
• Papillon (name), including a list of people with the name
• Papillon–Lefèvre syndrome, a human genetic disorder
• The 'Papillon' technique, a radiotherapy treatment for rectal cancer
• Papillon (card game), an historical French card game of the fishing family

See also

• Butterfly (disambiguation)
• Papillion (disambiguation)