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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
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