JASPER HAWTHORNE'S red butterflies were closer to being Spirits than being monsters.
When he was younger, he could only barely understand Spirits because no one trained him to speak to them.
That only changed when he met Princess Neoma.
As a Roseheart, the Imperial Princess had an affinity with Spirits. That was the reason why Princess Neoma sucked at teaching things that came naturally to her. However, watching Her Imperial Highness interact with her Spirits taught him a thing or two about Mariposa and his red butterflies.
When his communication with his (semi) Spirits improved, he had gotten better control of his red butterflies.
He was able to divide them into three groups.
The first group was the red butterflies who could 'breathe' fire.
The second group was the flesh-eating red butterflies.
And the third group would be…
The poisonous red butterflies.
