Peacock butterfly

"I caught a peacock butterfly! These colors! Beautiful!" —Wild World

"I caught a peacock butterfly! How dark and pretty!" —City Folk

Peacock Butterfly
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Real-world info
Name: Papilio maackii Family: Papilionidae
Main appearances
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Other appearances
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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.

Donating to the Museum

In Wild World

Upon donating a peacock butterfly to the museum in Wild World, Blathers will comment as below: "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..."

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-

Wild World

64px	''Their wings resemble peacock feathers." Size- 105 mm Season- Spring Time- Midday

City Folk

• Size- About 105mm.

• Season- Spring.

• Time- Noon.

• These got their names because their wings look like peacock feathers.

Further Information

A male peacock butterfly.

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.