Butterflied Lover: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Inspired by the romance of Liang Shang Bo and Zhu Ying Tai, the story revolves around two lovers who will overcome all obstacles to remain together. Ling Chang Feng is an honourable general and has been in a passionate marriage with his wife for the past 3 years. However, a strange disturbance hits their city on their third anniversary, and "madmen" run wild in the town, attacking innocent citizens violently. Ling Chang Feng leaves his wife behind to protect the people but when he returns, finds that his wife has been infected by this phenomenon. He refuses to reveal this as he knows that anyone who turns mad will be killed. He keeps her by his side in secret while trying to solve the cause of this frightful phenomenon.

Series details

• Title: Butterflied Lover
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Fantasy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2023-07-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2023-07-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Mango TV
• Network country: China
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 69845
• TVDB ID: 437003

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-07-12; final listed air date 2023-07-24; episode order: 22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Butterflied Lover on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.