A butterfly was a diurnal insect characterized by a slender body, knobbed antennae, and four broad, conspicuously colored wings.

The SS Mariposa was named after the Spanish word for butterfly. (TNG: "Up The Long Ladder")

Female dancers seen on Rigel X ate butterflies as part of their act. (ENT: "Broken Bow")

The holographic baseball park program where Captain Benjamin Sisko trained the members of his baseball team, the Niners, in 2375, contained a simulation of a white butterfly that flew in the infield behind the pitcher's mound. (DS9: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite")

When in 2376 Icheb was preparing to meet his parents for the first time since he had been assimilated, he told The Doctor that he has a strange feeling in his stomach. The Doctor jokingly replied that he's got butterflies in there. Icheb, never having heard that expression, told The Doctor that he in fact had "never assimilated butterflies before". (VOY: "Child's Play")

Types of butterfly Edit

• Ba'ku butterfly
• Mordian butterfly
• Rigel X butterfly

See also Edit

• Butterfly pasta

External link Edit

• Butterfly at Wikipedia