ʻO kekahi o nā ʻīlio hoʻonani nani loa ʻo ia ka dwarf continental toy spaniel. Aia kekahi, ʻo ka inoa kaulana loa no ka pua - papillon a i ʻole papillon. ʻO ka mea kaulana, kapa ʻia kahi ʻīlio me kahi hiʻohiʻona nani he pua Farani nani, butterfly, a i ʻole moth.
ʻO nā mea a pau ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻelele o ka pua i nā pepeiao e like me nā ʻēheu pālahalaha o kahi pepeke. ʻO lākou ka mea hoʻonani nui a me ka hiʻohiʻona o nā papillons. ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ua hāʻawi ʻia kēia mau mea palupalu i nā hiʻohiʻona nani wale nō akā ua ʻike ʻole ʻia. Hiki i kēlā ʻano holoholona ke hoʻonani i ke ola o nā ʻohana āpau.
#1 Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Papillon no kāna hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa loa: ʻo kona mau pepeiao nui, ʻāʻī, e like me ka pepeke.
#2 Wahi a ka American Kennel Club's Papillon breed standard, ʻo kona mau pepeiao i “lawe obliquely a neʻe e like me nā ʻēheu palahalaha o ka pepeke. Ke makaʻala, hana kēlā me kēia pepeiao i kahi kihi ma kahi o 45 degere i ke poʻo.
#3 ʻElua ʻano o ka Papillon, a ʻo ko lākou mau pepeiao kū hoʻokahi ke ʻano wehewehe o kēlā me kēia ʻano. I ka wā i "hāʻule" nā pepeiao o kahi Papillon, ʻaʻole ia i kapa ʻia he Papillon, akā he Phalene.
ʻOiai ka ʻokoʻa, ua hoʻoholo ʻia ʻo Papillons a me Phalenes ma ke ʻano he ʻano hoʻokahi.