Futterbly

Futterblies were a small, long-lived insectoid sentient species from the planet Niuxwaant.

Biology and Appearance
Futterblies averaged between one and two feet tall, with three pairs of wings and a tail. The primary wings were a dusky blue, with red, white, and black bars on the front, and orange-and purple eyespots on the back. These wings were used for lift, and often remained stationary when in flight unless there was a strong headwind. The two pairs of secondary wings and the tail were pink, with the upper wings having yellow patches and dark brown bars, the lower wings having green and dark blue dashes and dots, respectively. The tail had yellow stripes and green dots. The slender body was green-blue with six libs, each tipped in fine hairs that could grasp anything. The antennae had balls on the end, deep purple (caused by chemicals) in females and light blue in males.

Society and Culture
Futterbly culture was centered around flying, which they considered to be an art-form. Every year, the great Szona Dance Festival was held at the Pond of the Still Waters of Meeting. It was a grand sight to see, all the brightly-colored wings flitting to-and-fro in what at first seemed to be a chaotic mess of bugs, but, upon closer inspection, there was a method to its madness. The water-sounds had a strange, ethreal rythym to it one minute, and the next, it was lost in itself. Futterblies also had a very formal diplomatic strategy. Upon first meeting one of the same gender as itself, the males would spin rapidly in mid-air, then suddenly stop and swoop at each other dangerously close. After five or six swoops, they would spin in a circle with each other, then break off and begin spinning by themselves again. This was repeated for two to four hours, depending on the amount of dignity put into it. The shorter the dance, the less respect they showed to the other. Not dancing at all was considered equivelent to a punch in the face. Females, however, never danced when they met other females, as they used a special sense of smell and the chemicals in their antennae-balls to put on a scent so wonderful that species with extremely sensitive olfactory organs often paid great money for it, though it was considered worthless to Futterblies. Upon meeting one of the opposite sex, the males would switch back and forth from the striking eyespots on their main wings, and the brightly colored secondary wings in the front. While they were doing that, the female would start doing loop-the-loops in a figure-eight pattern above and in front of the male. It, too, could last for several hour, but if the two loved each other, it could last for a night and a day. These very long dances were out of respect for one another, and it was lucky that they were very rare in the galaxy, for if they were common, they almost could never be expected to keep appointments for dancing/perfuming to one another. Futterblies generally favored the swapping of life stories when among non-Futterblies, including every single award won, opponent vanquished, and day lived. It was generally understood that the shorter, more boring stories were those of unimportant people. However, despite diplomatic strategy, Futterblies were not snooty outwardly, however, they inwardly were distrustful of species who did not share their views on diplomacy.

History
Discovered several hundred years before the start of the Clone Wars, Futterblys were originally categorized as non-sentient butterflies. Several dozen specimens were kept on Aguama in the Garden of Butterflies. Later, a mere seventy years before the start of the clone wars, they were discovered to have an advanced society. Several of them were Forcre-sensitive and taken to become Jedi. The most famous of these was Jenn-Qua-D'ko.