Butterfly order with no northern distribution initially (5)
I believe the answer is:
comma
'butterfly' is the definition.
(comma butterfly is a kind of butterfly)
'order with no northern distribution initially' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'order' could be 'om' (Order of Merit) and 'om' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
(Other definitions for comma that I've seen before include "List-item separator" , "Mark for smallest division of a sentence" , "Common punctuation park" , ", which gives us pause" , "Puncuation mark" .)