Papillon Explained

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

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Papillon, a fictional character in the anime series Busou Renkin

Film and television

• 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

Games

• Papillon (card game), an historical French card game of the fishing family

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)" aka (Hot Butterfly), a song by Gregg Diamond, covered by Chaka Khan
• "Papillon" (Editors song), a song by Editors
• "Papillon", a song by The Airborne Toxic Event from The Airborne Toxic Event
• "Papillon", a song by Rilo Kiley from The Initial Friend
• "Papillon", a song by Stratovarius from Elements Pt. 1
• "Papillon", a song by Celine Dion from S'il suffisait d'aimer
• "Papillon (On the Wings of the Butterfly)", a song by David Arkenstone
• "Papillon", a song by The Twilight Singers from Blackberry Belle
• "Papillon", a song by Oasis & Yiruma from Yiruma
• "Papillon", a song by Patrick Norman (singer)
  • "Papillon", a song by Rolf Harris "Papillon", a song by Nicole
• "Papillon", a song by Jackson Wang
• "Papillon", a song by Secret Garden from Songs from a Secret Garden

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

See also

• Butterfly (disambiguation)
• Papillion (disambiguation)