Pappiliodya (creature)

The Little Witch Academia Chronicles, Chapter 2, page 23, also known as Papiliodia in some sourceshttps://www.netflix.com/title/80156387Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time, is a magical creature similar to a butterfly. It was said that larvae of these insectoid creatures spent their time underground and feed on nutrients of plants. Pappiliodya larvae then developed into egg-like chrysalids which roots connected to plants that they feed during their development stage before emerges with their imago forms before travel across five continents. Due to their appearance, Pappiliodya may be related to fairies.
They only emerge once every hundred-twenty years and legends said that they will bring joy and happiness on those whom look upon them as they fly.
It's revealed that many of them infested Jennifer Memorial Tree, something which discovered by Diana when attempting to restore it back to health and would've ended up destroying them all had it not for Akko's interference. Thanks to their combined efforts, the tree was saved and growing Pappiliodyas finally reached imago state before flying away in swarm for nesting grounds, though Diana got all the credit for the ensuing miracles.
==Appearance and Life Cycle==
Pappiliodyae's life cycle works on the same way with regular butterflies. According to its Chariot card description, a Pappiliodya egg is oval-shaped and transparent, moss green in color. Its larva appears as a green caterpillar with yellowish mandibles and white underbelly. These creatures' consistent trait is the presence of yellow six-pointed, star-shaped marking; while the egg has it on its surface, the pupa's located on the forehead before moved to the chest area upon reaching imago form. The same marking also appears on the surface of its spiky, round chrysalid. In their imago form, Pappiliodya possess huge wings similar with that of typical butterflies, but have human-like glowing body with four arms and two insectoid antennae on the head.
Upon hatching, Pappiliodya larvae spend their life underground and feed on nutrients within trees until they encase themselves within their chrysalids that glow in yellow. The yellow light seemed to come from their bodies as they developed from their larvae form to imago form. Once their development into their imago form completed, with or without magical assistance, they would emerged from their chrysalids and flew to the sky in a swarm. It should be noted that their chrysalid form during pupa stage greatly resembles parasitic mushroom that Diana mistaken them as parasites that had to be destroyed until Akko revealed what they are.
==Gallery==
Papiliodia Card LWA CoT.png
Akko's vision of future in Ley Lines 3 LWA 01.jpg|Flashforward from A New Beginning, one vision shows the Pappiliodya flying in Luna Nova
Pappiliodya's chrysalid LWA 02.jpg|Pappiliodya's chrysalid
More Pappiliodya Pupas being revealed LWA 02.jpg
Red Team surrounded by Pappiliodya Pupas LWA 02.jpg
Sucy remarks the strange growths resembling some pupa LWA 02.jpg
Diana mistakes the chrysalises as parasites LWA 02.jpg
Pappiliodya chrysalises dangerously drain Jennifer Memorial Tree of its nutrients LWA 02.jpg
A pappiliodya chrysalis being blasted LWA 02.jpg
Three more chrysalises being blasted LWA 02.jpg
Another chrysalis near Akko and Lotte being blasted LWA 02.jpg
A Pappiliodya chrysalis dying LWA 02.jpg
Akko recognizes Pappiliodya chrysalis LWA 02.jpg
Akko attempting to stop Diana from unwisely harming Pappiliodya Pupas LWA 02.jpg
Lotte and Sucy rush for the crippled Akko with Diana about to join them LWA 02.jpg
Sucy remarked how badly Akko's condition is after being struck by Diana's Murowa LWA 02.jpg
Lotte shows Akko Pappiliodya Card LWA 02.jpg
Akko recites the flavor text of Pappiliodya Card to affirm the chrysalises' true nature LWA 02.jpg
Papillio Fillio Nymphodya.gif
Pappiliodya imago emerges LWA 02.jpg
Pappiliodyae fully emerged from their pupas LWA 02.jpeg
An excerpt about Pappiliodya LWA 02.jpg|Pappiliodya in a book
Blair and other students see Pappiliodya swarm LWA 02.jpeg
Pappiliodya swarm depart from Luna Nova as evening comes LWA 02.jpg
Ursula smiled upon the sight of Pappiliodya swarm LWA 02.jpg
Luna Nova's Greenhouse during afternoon with Pappiliodya swarm on the background LWA 02.jpg
Diana sees Pappiliodya swarm leaving Luna Nova by the sunset LWA 02.jpg
Red Team flying alongside the newly hatched Pappiliodya swarm by the sunset LWA 02.jpg
Akko waves the newly hatched Pappiliodya swarm goodbye LWA 02.jpg
Pappiliodya swarm flies into the sunset with New Moon Tower on the background LWA 02.jpg
==Trivia==
*Their species' name is a reference to "Papillon", which is French for "butterfly".
==References==
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