Peacock butterfly

The Peacock Butterfly is a rare insect, if only for its attraction to hybridised plants. It only hovers in areas near to purple, black or blue flowers. Villagers call them peacocks when asking for one or talking about them. Peacock butterflies appear much less frequently in City Folk. Despite its rarity, its price is extremely low to the common insects bells section.

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

"The peacock butterfly gets its name from its coloring, as one would expect. If you ask me, I think it's a bit too ostentatious... But that's just me..."

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 City Folk
Blathers, the museum curator, will accept peacock butterflies for donation to the insect wing;

"I trust you've seen a bunch of butterflies fluttering about a puddle before, have you not...? Hoo, yes, there would be peacock butterflies, then. They don't just sip nectar... The beasts drink water, too. And in great, wretched groups, no less! Utterly repugnant!"

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

Encyclopedia Information
In Wild World and City Folk Players can access information about fish and insects in the menu. Regarding the Peacock Butterfly-

Further Information
Papilio maackii, the Alpine Swallowtail, is a species of butterfly that is native to the country of Japan. The female has more prominent markings than the male, and is roughly 7-8 centimetres long. Caterpillars feed on Zanthoxylum (Prickly-ash) and Phellodendron (Cork tree) plants.