[2] The Spider and the Butterfly was released by Méliès's Star Film Company, and is numbered 1530–1533 in its catalogues.

[1] The end of Méliès's filmmaking career was marked by mounting financial difficulties, forcing him eventually to close his studio.

[3] In 1923, Méliès discarded his collection of negative and positive prints for his films.

[4] After living forgotten and in poverty for some years, Méliès was rediscovered by film devotées in the late 1920s.

[4] The Gala Méliès included projection of eight Méliès films that had managed to be recovered,[4] including The Spider and the Butterfly (the others were Whimsical Illusions, The Diabolic Tenant, The Wandering Jew  [fr], A Trip to the Moon, Baron Munchausen's Dream, The Merry Frolics of Satan, and The Conquest of the Pole).