Queen Alexandra's birdwing
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| Name: Ornithoptera alexandrae Family: Papilionidae - Swallowtail butterflies | ||||||||
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Names in other languages
アレキサンドラトリバネアゲハ 亚历山大凤蝶 亞歷山大鳳蝶 알렉산드라비단제비나비 Troides alexandrae Troides alexandrae Mariposa alas de pájaro Mariposa alas de pájaro Farfalla regina Alessandra Птицекрылка Александры Vogelfalter Alexandra's vogelvlinder | ||||||||
The Queen Alexandra's Birdwing (known as the Birdwing prior to New Leaf and the Birdwing Butterfly prior to New Horizons)[nb 1] is a bug in the Animal Crossing series. The Queen Alexandra's Birdwing first appeared in Doubutsu no Mori e+ and has appeared in all subsequent games. They are the largest butterfly in the series.
In the games that the Queen Alexandra's Birdwing appears in, it is a rare bug that the player can encounter, and can be found flying around flowers. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be caught from spring to the start of fall.
Catch details[edit]
In Doubutsu no Mori e+[edit]
| Time of year | All year |
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| Time of day | 8 AM – 5 PM |
| Location | Flying around non-palm trees (Animal Island)[nb 2] |
| Weather | Unknown |
| Selling price |  3,000 Bells
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In Wild World[edit]
"I caught a birdwing butterfly! A green light in midair!"
| Description | The largest butterflies in the world, they have been mistaken for birds and shot. |
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| Time of year | May – Sep |
| Time of day | 8 AM – 4 PM |
| Peak times | Sep – May |
| Location | Flying near flowers |
| Bug size | Unknown |
| Rarity | Very rare |
| Selling price | 4,000 Bells
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In City Folk[edit]
"I caught a birdwing butterfly! Tweet tweet, flap flap?"
| Description | Known as the world's largest butterfly, this species boasts larger females. |
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| Time of year | Jun – Sep |
| Time of day | 8 AM – 4 PM |
| Peak times | N/A |
| Location | Flying near flowers |
| Bug size | Unknown |
| Rarity | Very rare |
| Selling price | 4,000 Bells
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In New Leaf[edit]
"I caught a birdwing butterfly! Wow! It's about the size of a bird!"
| Time of year | Jun – Sep All year (Tortimer Island) |
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| Time of day | 8 AM – 4 PM |
| Peak times | N/A |
| Location | Flying near flowers (can be found on Tortimer Island) |
| Size | Unknown |
| Rarity | Very rare |
| Selling price | 4,000 Bells
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In Pocket Camp[edit]
Friendship Points
In New Horizons[edit]
"I caught a Queen Alexandra's birdwing! That's a feather in my cap!"
| Time of year | North: May – Sep South: Nov – Mar |
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| Time of day | 8 AM – 4 PM |
| Location | Flying near flowers |
| Weather | Any except rain |
| Spawn requirement | Catch 50 total bugs |
| Selling prices |  Nook's Cranny: 4,000 Bells Flick: 6,000 Bells
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Donating to the museum[edit]
As with all insects in the Animal Crossing series, the Birdwing Butterfly can be donated to the museum followed by a short monologue by Blathers, the curator.
In Wild World[edit]
In City Folk[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
Upon being donated, the butterfly can be found in the room of the bug exhibit with the Rafflesia. The exhibit has this to say about the Birdwing Butterfly:
In New Horizons[edit]
When donated, the Queen Alexandra's birdwing flies around the butterfly room in the museum's bug exhibit.
Commissioning a model[edit]
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, if the player brings three Queen Alexandra's Birdwings to Flick to commission a model, he will say the following:
"R-really? You want a sculpture of a Queen Alexandra's birdwing? The angel that flaps among us? These glorious spirits are like lenses through which we can see the purity of the Infested Realms. I promise this will be my sublime-est masterpiece, and I shall title it The Grand Queen Alexandra's Birdwing!"
Gallery[edit]
Doubutsu no Mori e+
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Real-world information[edit]
The Queen Alexandra's birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) is considered the largest butterfly in the world, named after Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. It was discovered by Albert Stewart Meek, who was employed by Lord Walter Rothschild (who named it) in 1907, in Papua New Guinea. It was shot down using a shotgun, but its early stages were discovered and bred through to get to this stage. The female birdwing has a wingspan of up to 31cm, while the male (which appears in game) has a smaller wingspan of up to 26cm. The birdwing flies quite high in the rainforest, making it hard to catch, which is the main reason hunters shoot them with shotguns. The birdwing in Animal Crossing also flies higher than usual butterflies, a reference to its flying habits in the real world.
The birdwing is endangered, threatened by habitat loss. Most of Papua New Guinea's rainforests were destroyed during a volcanic eruption, wiping out parts of the birdwing's habitat.
Names in other languages[edit]
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アレクサンドラアゲハ(DnMe+) アレキサンドラトリバネアゲハ Arekisandora ageha Arekisandora toribane ageha |
Alexandra's swallowtail Alexandra's birdwing |
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알렉산드라비단제비나비 alleksandeurabidanjebinabi |
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亚历山大凤蝶 yàlìshāndà fèngdié |
Alexandria's swallowtail |
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亞歷山大鳳蝶 Unknown |
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Птицекрылка Александры Ptitsekrylka Aleksandry |
Alexandria's birdwing |
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Alexandria's vogelvlinder | Alexandria's birdwing |
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Vogelflügler Vogelfalter (NH) |
Derived from Vogelflügel (bird wing) "Bird butterfly", shortened from full name "Königin-Alexandra-Vogelfalter" |
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Mariposa alas de pájaro | Birdwing butterfly |
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Ornithoptère Troides alexandrae (NH) |
From genus name Former scientific name |
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Farfalla cobra Farfalla regina Alessandra (NH) |
Cobra butterfly (mistranslation; see Atlas Moth) Queen Alexandria's butterfly |
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