funny how this is perfectly understandable for butterflies from an evolutionary perspective
i think it probably just fuсked with your head since society likes to make out butterflies as good and seeing shit like that was obvious proof against that
The story behind why I'm so terrified of butterflies and moths; So, i once was walking in the woods at my grandparents cabin back when I was about 5. That was where I saw a rotting deer carcass with loads of monarch butterflies drinking from the deer corpse. And yes, if there is a dead body with open wounds around, lepidoptera will prefer to drink from the corpse than drink from flowers. I have also had many nightmares about moths and butterflies after that.