Lately; Professor Sprigton of Lakeland University, had been feeling that something was amiss. For several years he has been a well-known Lepidopterist, studying the very many species of the British Isles. He decided to put together and compile a very intrinsic data system, logging each and every new and unique trait to each different species of butterfly.
And what he found baffled even the most learned minds. The data correlated pointed towards a startling revelation. That these winged creatures were no other than strange vessels, finely constructed from an alien material, not unlike very light aluminum, and of very reflective surface