India, Feb. 20 -- A Brazilian teen died after injecting himself with butterfly remains but not before he spend a week at the hospital in agonising pain caused by an allergic reaction or infection, a report by New York Post said

14-year-old Davi Nunes Moreira suffered from excruciating pain in a hospital in Vitoria de Conquista for seven days after he fell sick. The teen admitted that he had mixed a dead butterfly with water and injected the mixture into his leg.

Police are now investigating if the boy was participating in a social media challenge that led to his death.

A hospital specialist speculated that the teen might have suffered an embolism, an infection or an allergic reaction. "We don't know how he prepared this mixture or the ...