Migratory Butterflies

Migratory Butterflies (渡り蝶 Watarichō) are butterflies that are said to the carry souls of the dead.
==Information==
Migratory Butterflies have black wings that are decorated with mottles of indigo and crimson. They have been sighted in places as remote as Banri Major Mountain Range to places as highly populated as Shi Province.
When the butterfly are still caterpillars, their diets consist only of poisonous leaves. These toxins are stored inside their bodies until they undergo metamorphosis, in which they consequently become poisonous themselves.
They migrate from the North to the South, specifically Ran Province, for the Winter. However, most become exhausted and die before reaching their destination because of their weakness to the cold and inability to fly against the wind. The select few butterflies that survive, mate and then die after laying their eggs.
When the time comes for the butterflies to return to the North, it will not be those that originally migrated South, but their children. In other words, the butterflies that were born in the South.
==Trivia==
*Possibly referring to the Asagi Madara (アサギマダラ Asagi Madara) butterfly, otherwise known as Chestnut Tiger.
Category:Animals