Peacock butterfly

The peacock butterfly (known as the peacock prior to ) is a bug in the. The peacock butterfly first appeared in and has appeared in all subsequent games. Its scales are colored in dark colors of green, blue, and red.

In the games that the peacock butterfly appears in, it is a rare bug that the player can encounter, and can be found flying around blue, purple, and black flowers. In, it can be caught from spring to the start of summer.

In
Upon donating a peacock to the museum, Blathers will talk briefly about the insect:

After submission, the peacock can be found fluttering around the flowers in first room of the insect exhibit. In the evenings, it can be seen resting peacefully on a purple pansy.

In
Blathers, the museum curator, will accept peacocks for donation to the insect wing;

Peacocks appear with the rest of the butterflies in the flowerbeds on the lower terrace of the insect room after donation.

In
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 peacock butterfly:

In
When donated to the museum, Blathers will say the following:

The peacock butterfly can be found in the terrace room of the museum with the rest of the butterflies.

Real-world information
Papilio bianor, or Chinese peacock, is a species of butterfly that is native to East Asia. The female has more prominent markings than the male, and is roughly 7-8 centimeters long. Caterpillars feed on Zanthoxylum (prickly-ash) and Phellodendron (cork tree) plants.