The novel from which the story is based revolves around a series of notes about Julius Caesar's conquests, The Napoleonic war, WW1, WW2, WW3 in the Middle East, The Vietnam War and the Korean war but all set in the future.
Some of the characters have been based over a collection of drawings, footage and pictures created by Nick Peterson from hundreds of different moths throughout the nineties.
The film has captured footage for 9 species of butterflies: the Monarch butterfly, Viceroy butterfly, Swallowtail - Papilio Machaon,
Dingy skipper, Orange tip - Anthocharis cardamines britannica, Holly blue - Celastrina argiolus britanna, Peacock - Aglais [Inachis] io, Swallowtail - Papilio Machaon.
The film has captured footage for 5 species of moths: Alsophila aescularia: March moth, Sphinx ligustri known as the privet hawk moth, Hepialus humuli: Ghost Moth, Cossus cossus: goat moth, Old Nick moth.
The film has captured footage for one species of bats: Daubenton's Bat.