Butterfly pasta was a pasta dish from Earth named due to its shape, similar to that of a butterfly.
In 2152, Commander Charles Tucker had Chef prepare him a meal of butterfly pasta while meeting with Lieutenant Malcolm Reed and Doctor Phlox in the Captain's dining room aboard Enterprise NX-01. However, as Tucker was Acting Captain at the time, he didn't get the opportunity to eat his pasta due to being called away to greet the approaching Vulcan ship Nyran. (ENT: "The Seventh")