Butterfly

This article is about a type of insect. You may be looking for STO - The Iconian War mission: "Butterfly".

Forma VI surface — Red and green butterflies on Forma VI.

A butterfly is a class of insect that is known for their bright-colored wings.

Specifics[]

Several varieties of butterfly have been seen throughout the galaxy, including Earth, Rigel X, Ba'ku, and Risa. (TOS - The Janus Gate novel: Present Tense; ENT episode: "Broken Bow"; TNG movie: Insurrection; ST video game: Star Trek Online)

Axanar heat-seekers resemble furry butterflies. (FASA RPG module: Return to Axanar)

Butterflies have been celebrated through music. The Klingon Imperial Opera Company has performed Song of the Butterfly Lovers, a Chinese opera. (Adventures RPG module: Beta Quadrant Sourcebook)

Additionally, the idiom "butterflies in the stomach" is often used to refer to a sense of nervousness; Captain Jean-Luc Picard noted the feeling when he was about to evade the Borg in order to return James T. Kirk to the Nexus in an alternate timeline. (Star Trek novel: Engines of Destiny)

History[]

The butterflies of Diad II evolved into the planet's dominant species and formed an intelligent group mind. Their collective consciousness lived dream lives. When personnel from the starship USS Enterprise visited the planet for shore leave in 2267, stray thoughts from the group mind overwhelmed them with hallucinations of fulfilled fantasies. (TOS - The New Voyages short story: "The Winged Dreamers")

The herbarium aboard the Enterprise included butterflies. In 2269, Gilla Dupree marveled at the sight of one near a rhododendron and cupped it in her hands for a few moments. (TOS novel: Devil World)

In 2353, a large blue butterfly floated by Tango's ears, and Kathryn Janeway swatted it away from the quarter horse. (VOY - SA novel: The Chance Factor)

In 2360, Zetha exaggerated a memory of a butterfly to Jarquin and Tuvok while traveling aboard the freighter Albatross. She said groups of colorful migrating butterflies could become so large that they blocked out the sun. (TLE novel: Catalyst of Sorrows)

Aboard the USS Enterprise-D in 2364, Wesley Crusher included an orange butterfly in a holodeck simulation of a farm. Mry was particularly delighted at the sight of it, as she'd never seen a real one. (TNG novel: The Children of Hamlin)

In his quarters aboard the Enterprise in 2367, Captain Jean-Luc Picard painted a landscape scene of woods not far from his vineyards in France. The focal point of the his painting was a brown wood butterfly flittering between the trees. Later, Geordi La Forge visited a holodeck program of a pine tree forest to consider a complex engineering problem, and at one point, a black admiral butterfly flew by him. (TNG novel: Dark Mirror)

Types[]

canias
Monarch butterfly (TOS novel: Inception, DS9 - The Captain's Table novel: The Mist)
Mordian butterfly
Sarindarian butterfly (SCE eBook: Sargasso Sector)

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Appearances and references[]

Appearances[]

TOS - The New Voyages short story: "The Winged Dreamers"
TOS novel: Devil World
TOS comic: "Dilithium Dilemma"
TNG novel: The Children of Hamlin
TNG novel: Dark Mirror
VOY - SA novel: The Chance Factor
VOY - Strange New Worlds I short story: "I, Voyager"
TNG - Strange New Worlds V short story: "Kristin's Conundrum"

References[]

TOS novel: Triangle
FASA RPG module: Return to Axanar
TNG movie: Insurrection
ENT episode: "Broken Bow"
TOS - The Janus Gate novel: Present Tense
TLE novel: Catalyst of Sorrows
Star Trek novel: Engines of Destiny
VOY - String Theory novel: Fusion
TOS novel: Academy: Collision Course
VOY novel: Unworthy
ST video game: Star Trek Online
Adventures RPG module: Beta Quadrant Sourcebook

External Links[]

Butterfly article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Butterfly article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki