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If you mean "broke wing", then alright:

What does a bird do with its own broken wing? Well, it usually hops around a bit until a cat or larger bird catches it and kills it.

A butterfly is a bit like that, but since many species are poisonous (or just mimics the look of a poisonous species, such as the Tiger Swallowtail mimicking the Monarch Butterfly), a smart bird tends to avoid them regardless of the opportunity of easy prey. So, without both wings functioning properly to aid it in flight to search for food and/or make a quick gettaway if trouble were to present itself, the butterfly either starves to death or gets crushed by feet, hooves, car tires, and so on.

Random, Stupid, and Completely Obvious Fact: most insects can't replace or heal damaged body parts, though if it's something like a leg, the insect usually does fine.

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