Butterflies gather around mud puddle in viral video. Here's the story behind it

Parveen Kaswan, Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer, shared a video of butterflies gathered around a mud puddle. The video has garnered over 25,000 views.

Brace yourself, because what you are about to watch is this beautiful video of butterflies mud puddling. Parveen Kaswan, Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer, shared a video of butterflies gathered around a mud puddle. The video has garnered over 25,000 views. The video has been captured by Parveen Kaswan himself during his field visit. Mud puddling. A behaviour where butterflies congregate around mud, dung, water etc to suck up the required fluids & salt. The music of forest is additional here. Field visit. pic.twitter.com/iNADK6gL5f They find necessary fluids & salts even from a dung. Yes, how cool it is. Nature teach us to find some good things even in poop. pic.twitter.com/4uZoa7hECw Wow! Bonjour, Your field visits are so interesting With close observation. But why do they suck up the fluids, is it for keeping themselves hydrated? I've seen this before. But never knew what it was. Thank you for the information! Brilliant love this video n that buzzz sound Lovely documentation This is so beautiful. In case you are wondering what these butterflies are doing gathered around the mud puddle, the forest officer has explained the behaviour in his tweet. Butterflies congregate around mud, dung, water etc, to suck up the much-required fluids and salt and this behaviour is called mud puddling. This behaviour is shown mostly by the males. They collect salts and pheromones to attract females. In the 10-second-long video, the black butterflies can be seen gathered around the mud puddle and fluttering their wings. “Mud puddling. A behaviour where butterflies congregate around mud, dung, water etc to suck up the required fluids & salt. The music of forest is additional here. Field visit (sic),” Parveen Kaswan wrote sharing the video.