What Do Peacemaker’s Butterflies Actually Eat?
Warning: Contains spoilers for Peacemaker episode 5.
In Peacemaker episode 5, “Monkey Dory,” the DCEU TV show gave some new clues about what the Butterflies' strange jars of food might actually be. Information about the nature of Peacemaker’s alien villains has been fairly limited, but with the interaction between Murn and Leota at the end of episode 5, more information might be revealed soon. The ominous jars of viscous food have made several appearances in the series, but its true nature is still to be determined.
The jars of viscous amber fluid are first seen in Peacemaker episode 3 as the Goff family of Butterflies prepare for dinner before tucking in with their proboscises. Episode 4 revisits the substance with Peacemaker having stolen a jar for the Butterfly that he has captured and Murn eating it in the ending reveal. Some more attention is given to the substance in Peacemaker episode 5 as the team discussed it for the first time, noting that the fluid has been found near to all dead Butterflies and that tests have shown the genetic structure is “dissimilar to anything on this planet." The team visit the Glan Tai bottling plant where the Butterflies distribute the fluid from, but it does not seem to be made there.
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As the alien villains of Peacemaker are referred to as Butterflies, it is possible that their food source would equate to that of earth’s butterflies. This would mean that the fluid is a nectar from a plant. However, given that butterflies eat nectar in its raw, unprocessed form and that the fluid found in the jars is not from Earth, if it was nectar, then it would have to come from an alien plant either transplanted to earth or
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