I need to plant my garden in the shade so the wings of butterflies will not get sunburned. In fact, butterflies need sunshine in order to warm their nuscles as they fly about. Butterflies fly more on sunny days than cloudy ones. Butterflies need bright, sunny days in order to eat, mate and lay eggs. You see many more butterflies on sunny days than on gloomy ones.
Wind helps butterflies flly more easily from plant to plant.
Butterflies use up more energy on windy days. They like gardens where there is little wind so that they can fly from flower to flower with ease. I need to put water in my garden for butterflies to drink. Butterflies need water and will fly to birdbaths and puddles in your yard if it is there. Butterflies need flowers that are filled with nectar.