Butterfly

*For the special variants, see Monarch Butterfly and Red Costate Tiger Moth.*

* Regular
* Golden

The butterfly is the third uncommon creature.

## General information

The butterfly does no damage but instead heals creatures in the player's army during battles or defense. The butterfly puts out a yellow burst of particles that heals allied creatures every 6 seconds.

It has two animations: one for dawn/daytime where it flies around, and one during dusk/night where it walks on the ground. Inside of an ant colony, the butterfly uses the walking animation. Butterfly can still heal when it is walking on the ground, but not underground.

## Description

Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle, as like most insects they undergo complete metamorphosis. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed.

## Stats

Main article: Creature Stats

The Butterfly has low health and slow attack rate and speed. Butterflies send out healing particles that can heal multiple creatures at once but the most healing is applied to the creature that is most directly hit.

Butterflies can be upgraded to a max 60% for health and speed, and 50% for attack rate in the Creature Lab.

* Health
* Attack Rate
* Healing

**Butterfly Health Stats:** (Shown in bites from a 4-star gold tarantula)

 2
 3
 4
 4 (gold)

**Butterfly Attack Stats:**

Attack rate refers to how often it sends out bursts of healing particles.

 2
 3
 4
 4 (gold)

**Butterfly Healing Stats:**

Data is based on healing a 3 star normal tarantula, shown with the % of health bar gained from each direct healing burst. Healing percent is based on the average healing done.

 2
 3
 4
 4 (gold)

The full Butterfly collection card can be seen below:

## Obtaining

##### Attracting conditions

Uncommon, will only appear at dawn and day under any weather.

#### Defeating

To defeat a butterfly, wait until dusk or nighttime when it will land and can be attacked but be quick because it will start to fly again at dawn.

## PvP

In PvP, butterflies do not attack or deal damage. Outside of the colony they fly around and heal creatures in the player's army. Defending butterflies will fly toward and follow creatures with low health. Butterflies heal all creatures that are hit by their particles but the healing depends on how directly the creature is hit. They will continue to heal themselves and allied creatures until all health is restored to full. This can very effectively slow down attacking creatures especially when attack rate is highly upgraded.

Chrysanthemum does *not* affect this creature.

Outside of the colony the butterfly can't be damaged by enemy creatures or ants. It can only be damaged by other flying creatures such as the dragonfly, Halloween Pennant, or hornet.

Inside the colony, the butterfly will not emit its healing particles which means it does not heal allied creatures. It can be attacked by ants and enemy creatures because it is walking on the ground. However, butterflies can be useful inside the colony for defense. They can be used to block the view of attacking players and the stun effect of the chrysanthemum.

Butterflies and Monarch butterflies do not have to be killed in order to attack the enemy queen during a battle.

## Trivia

The blue Butterfly was added to the game in an unannounced update on 10-Aug-2021.

The blue butterfly in the game is likely based off the butterflies in the nymphalid subfamily, Morphinae, and more specifically the Morpho genus. Butterflies belonging to the Morpho genus are famous for their brilliant blue wing coloration and iridescence.