• 蝶ちょう

  butterfly

• 蝶々ちょうちょう

  butterfly

• 蝶矢ちょうや

  Choya Corporation

• 蝶道ちょうどう

  flight path of a butterfly

• 蝶蝿ちょうばえ

  moth fly (Psychodidae), moth midge, sand fly

• 蝶番ちょうつがい

  hinge

• 蝶形ちょうがた

  papilionaceous, butterfly-shaped

• 蝶斑ちょうはん

  raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula), moon butterflyfish

• 蝶鮫ちょうざめ

  sturgeon (esp. the green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris)

• 蝶豆ちょうまめ

  butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea), Asian pigeonwings

• 蝶貝ちょうがい

  silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima), golden-lipped pearl oyster, white-lipped pearl oyster

• 胡蝶こちょう

  butterfly

• 国蝶こくちょう

  national butterfly

• 白蝶しろちょう

  any butterfly of family Pieridae (incl. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies)

• 黄蝶きちょう

  large grass yellow (species of butterfly, Eurema hecabe), common grass yellow

• 蝶結びちょうむすび

  bow, bowknot

• 蝶形骨ちょうけいこつ

  sphenoid bone (of the skull)

• 蝶々魚チョウチョウウオ

  Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes)

• 小蝶鮫こちょうざめ

  sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)

• 高山蝶こうざんちょう

  alpine butterfly

• 紋白蝶もんしろちょう

  small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)

• 揚羽蝶アゲハチョウ

  swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

• 胡蝶蘭こちょうらん

  moth orchid (Phalaenopsis aphrodite)

• 羽蝶蘭うちょうらん

  Ponerorchis graminifolia (Orchis graminifolia)

• 紋黄蝶もんきちょう

  eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)

• 太陽蝶たいようちょう

  sunset morpho (butterfly, Morpho hecuba)

• 立羽蝶たてはちょう

  nymphalid (any butterfly of family Nymphalidae)

• 風蝶草ふうちょうそう

  cat's whiskers (Cleome gynandra)

• 孔雀蝶くじゃくちょう

  peacock butterfly (Inachis io), European peacock

• 箆蝶鮫へらちょうざめ

  American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)

• 夜の蝶よるのちょう

  hostess (at a bar, cabaret, etc.)

• 白蝶貝しろちょうがい

  silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima), golden-lipped pearl oyster, white-lipped pearl oyster

• 黒蝶貝くろちょうがい

  black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera)

• 墨流蝶すみながし

  Asian constable (species of butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus)

• 池蝶貝いけちょうがい

  Hyriopsis schlegelii (species of freshwater mussel)

• 大蝶鮫おおちょうざめ

  beluga (species of sturgeon, Huso huso)

• 帝蝶鮫みかどちょうざめ

  Sakhalin sturgeon (Acipenser mikadoi)

• 小灰蝶しじみちょう

  gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae spp.)

• 猪鹿蝶いのしかちょう

  the boar, deer and butterfly cards (high-scoring meld)

• 蝶々結びちょうちょむすび

  bow, bowknot

• 蝶々夫人ちょうちょうふじん

  Madama Butterfly (opera by Puccini), Madam Butterfly

• 蝶よ花よちょうよはなよ

  bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess

• 蛇の目蝶じゃのめちょう

  satyrid (any butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae, esp. the dryad, Minois dryas), grayling

• せせり蝶セセリチョウ

  skipper butterfly

• 蝦夷白蝶えぞしろちょう

  black-veined white (species of butterfly, Aporia crataegi)

• 棘蝶々魚トゲチョウチョウウオ

  threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)

• 条黒白蝶すじぐろしろちょう

  Pieris melete (species of cabbage white butterfly)

• 姫小灰蝶ひめしじみ

  silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus)

• 曙蝶々魚アケボノチョウチョウウオ

  blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus)

• 赤立羽蝶あかたてはちょう

  red admiral (butterfly)