Originally posted by u10ajf
seve 420, butterflies shelter on the underside of leaves with their wings folded behind their backs when it rains. Their wings are covered in delicate scales which would wash off in the rain, their latin name comes from reference to this: lepidoptera meaning scaly wing. That said some are long distance migrants e.g. the Monarch Butterfly the whole population of which stays in one wood in Mexico. Sometimes they get swept up in storms and make it over the atlantic despite having no shelter. Hope that helped! ;)

I've been pondering about that for a couple of years actually. I thought that even if they sheltered under leaves, they could still die during violent storms but all they really have to do is f*ck then lay eggs just after getting out of their cocoon for the species to survive.