Smotherwing Butterfly

, also known as Papilio vulcensis, are recurring NaN Creatures and NaN Items in.

NaN Smotherwing Butterflies can be found in areas of Death Mountain and Eldin Canyon with NaN Scorching Climates, often on the edges of lava lakes. BotW: also sells them at East Akkala Stable and Wetland Stable. Using one in a Cooking Pot with NaN Monster Parts will result in a Fireproof Elixir, which will grant BotW: a temporary resistance to Scorching Climates. They can also be used at the Kochi Dye Shop as an ingredient to make Gray Dye.

When upgrading Fireproof Armor at a BotW:, three Smotherwing Butterflies and three Moblin Guts are needed to upgrade each piece to its third tier. In addition, five Smotherwing Butterflies and two Hinox Guts are needed to upgrade each piece to its final tier.

Trivia

 * In, TotK: says that the scientific name (i.e. binomial nomenclature) for the TotK: is Papilio vulcensis. Papilio is a real genus of swallowtail butterflies which means "butterfly" in Latin, while the fictional specific name vulcensis appears to be derived from vulcano ("volcano") and -ensis, a suffix indicating a place of origin. However, the proper term as used in some real-life specific names would be vulcanensis.