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Common butterfly
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Real-world info
Name: Pieris rapae Family: Pieridae (Yellow-white butterflies)
Main appearances
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Other appearances
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Names in other languages  モンシロチョウ  白粉蝶  Piéride de la rave  Mariposa común  Farfalla comune  Белянка  배추흰나비  白粉蝶  Piéride de la rave  Mariposa común  Kohlweißling  Koolwitje

The common butterfly is a bug in the Animal Crossing series that appears in all games to date. It can be found flying around the town or island at varying times of day and year between games. In Animal Crossing: Wild World, Animal Crossing: City Folk, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf, it can only spawn near flowers.

Aside from its color, the common butterfly is identical in appearance to the yellow butterfly. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be caught throughout the year outside of mid to late summer.

Catch details

In Animal Crossing

#1

"I caught a common butterfly! I've seen a lot of these around lately!"

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Time of year	Mar – Oct
Time of day	Mar, Sep – Oct: 8 AM – 4 PM Apr – Aug: 8 AM – 5 PM
Location	Flying
Weather	Any except rain
Selling price	80 Bells
Furniture size

In Wild World

#1

"I caught a common butterfly! It's so white and pure!"

Description	They are white, but the male's eyes are yellow, and the female's, white.
Time of year	Mar – Sep
Time of day	4 AM – 7 PM
Peak times	Jul – Aug
Location	Flying near flowers
Bug size	50 mm
Rarity	Common
Selling price	90 Bells
Furniture size

In City Folk

#1

"I caught a common butterfly! So white and charming!"

Description	Though all look white to the naked eye, males and females are different colors.
Time of year	Mar – Jun; Sep
Time of day	Mar – Jun: 8 AM – 4 PM Sep: 8 AM – 4 PM
Peak times	Mar – Jun: 8 AM – 5 PM
Location	Flying near flowers
Bug size	50 mm
Rarity	Common
Selling price	90 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf

#1

"I caught a common butterfly! How could I resist?"

Time of year	Mar – Jun; Sep
Time of day	Mar – Jun: 4 AM – 7 PM Sep: 8 AM – 4 PM
Peak times	Mar – Jun: 8 AM – 5 PM
Location	Flying near flowers
Size	54 mm
Rarity	Very common
Selling price	90 Bells
Furniture size

In Pocket Camp

#16

Availability	Currently available (since March 26, 2024) 2019-04-09 – 2019-04-12 (Spring Butterfly Goals) 2019-08-20 – 2019-12-27 2020-02-18 – 2020-02-21 (All Aflutter Butterfly Goals) 2020-03-27 – 2020-06-29 2021-03-26 – 2021-06-29 2022-03-11 – 2022-03-14 (Spring Butterfly Goals) 2022-03-24 – 2022-06-23 2023-03-11 – 2023-03-14 (All Aflutter Butterfly Goals) 2023-03-23 – 2023-06-28
Location	Sunburst Island
Size	21.0 mm – 87.0 mm
Rarity	★
Selling price	10 Bells
Version added	2.3.0
Villager gift data	Tier: 1 (Common) Rewards:  100 Bells +2 Friendship points

In New Horizons

#1

"I caught a common butterfly! They often flutter by!"

Time of year	North: Sep – Jun South: Mar – Dec
Time of day	4 AM – 7 PM
Location	Flying
Weather	Any except rain
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  160 Bells  Flick:  240 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum

As with all bugs and fish in the Animal Crossing series, the common butterfly can be donated to the museum by talking to Blathers. Below is what he has to say upon donation;

In Animal Crossing

When the player is donating it to the museum in Animal Crossing, Blathers will say the following:

"There's an old saying among some of my contemporaries: "Butterflies are beautiful, yet moths are monstrous." Well, if you were to ask me, I'd say they were all the same! By which I mean disgusting! Truly hoo-rrific, wot wot!"

The common butterfly can be found fluttering around the flowers in the central display in the insect room after donation.

In Wild World

When donated to the museum in Wild World, Blathers the curator will speak about the common butterfly;

"The common butterfly looks quite innocent, eh wot? Far from it! It's a pest! It is a worldwide cabbage-field ravisher, hoo! I suppose that's rather beside the point, but still, innocent my foot!"

The common butterfly appears in the first room of the insect exhibit, fluttering above the flowers on the right hand side of the room.

In City Folk

As with previous games, Blathers treats the common butterfly with general disgust:

"If one were to look closely at a common butterfly, one might notice that it's covered in fine hairs... But WHY would one look closely?! Blecccch! Creepiness aside, one also gets icky powder on one's hands by touching them... Not for me, eh wot?"

After donation, the common butterfly flies around the flower beds in the lower terrace of the insect room.

In New Leaf

Upon being donated, the butterfly can be found in the first room of the bug exhibit resting on flowers with the other butterflies. The exhibit has this to say about the Common Butterfly:

"Seen flapping in the sun, common butterflies can be identified by black spots on their white wings. To the human eye, both males and females look white, but there are actually subtle differences. On closer inspection, the males' wings look black while the females' wings look white. The caterpillars have been known to cause damage to farmers' crops."

In New Horizons

When asked about the bug, Blathers will say the following:

"The common butterfly would have you believe it is but a beautiful friend flitting prettily about the flowers. Bah, I say! They may seem innocent things with their pretty white wings, but they hide a dark side! The common butterfly caterpillar is called a cabbage worm, you see, and it's a most voracious pest. The ravenous beasts chew through cabbage, broccoli, kale and the like with a devastating gusto. And my feathers! Their green coloring is truly GROSS! A hoo-rrific hue, I say."

The common butterfly can be found in the butterfly room in the museum.

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Real-world information

A cabbage white butterfly

The small cabbage white, Pieris rapae, also known as the cabbage white, is a common species of butterfly that can be found throughout Europe, Northern Africa and Asia. They are a creamy white and feature two black spots on each wing which darken during the summer months. The caterpillars of the cabbage white, as the name suggests, like to eat cabbages and brussel sprouts, and so therefore are considered a pest by gardeners. The butterflies found in game are all female- only female cabbage whites have two black spots on their wings.

Etymology

Pieries is Latin for 'muse'. The muses were Greek goddesses that inspired the arts. The word rapae is derived from the Latin word for 'turnip', rapa.

More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

Trivia

• The common butterfly appears on the Wild World error screen along with Mr. Resetti.

Names in other languages

	モンシロチョウ monshirochou	Cabbage white butterfly (lit. "patterned pierid")
	배추흰나비 baechuhuinnabi	Cabbage white butterfly (lit. "cabbage pierid")
	白粉蝶 báifěndié	Cabbage white butterfly (lit. "white pierid")
	Белянка Belyanka	Pierid
	Koolwitje	Cabbage white
	Kohlweißling	Cabbage white
	Mariposa común	Common butterfly
	Piéride de la rave	Cabbage white butterfly (lit. "cabbage pierid")
	Farfalla comune	Common butterfly

Notes

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