Rajah Brooke's birdwing

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Rajah Brooke's Birdwing NH Icon.png Rajah Brooke's birdwing  
Artwork of Rajah Brooke's birdwing
Real-world info
Name: Trogonoptera brookiana
Family: Papilionidae - Butterflies
Main appearances

Other appearances
Names in other languages
 アカエリトリバネアゲハ
 红颈凤蝶
 紅頸鳳蝶
 붉은목도리비단나비
 Troides brookiana
 Troides brookiana
 Mariposa alas de Brooke
 Mariposa alas de Brooke
 Farfalla Raja Brooke
 Трогоноптера Брука
 Troides brookiana
 Rajah Brooke-vlinder

The Rajah Brooke's birdwing (known as Raja Brooke in City Folk and Raja B. butterfly in New Leaf)[nb 1] is a bug in the Animal Crossing series. The Rajah Brooke's birdwing first appeared in Animal Crossing: City Folk and has appeared in all subsequent games. Its top wings are longer than other butterflies.

In the games that the Rajah Brooke's birdwing appears in, it is a rare bug that the player can encounter, and can be found flying. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be caught from mid spring to the start of fall, and again during winter.

Catch details[edit]

In City Folk[edit]

#8

Rajah Brooke's birdwing
"I caught a Raja Brooke butterfly! What a cute red collar!"

Description Flashing black wings with bright green markings make it easy to identify.
Time of year May – Sep
Time of day 8 AM – 5 PM
Peak times N/A
Location Near freshwater
Bug size 140 mm
Rarity Rare
Selling price  2,500 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In New Leaf[edit]

#8

Rajah Brooke's birdwing
"I caught a Raja Brooke butterfly! It's worth about as much as royalty!"

Time of year May – Sep
Time of day 8 AM – 5 PM
Peak times N/A
Location Near freshwater
Size 178 mm
Rarity Rare
Selling price  2,500 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In Pocket Camp[edit]

#18

Rajah Brooke's birdwing

Event availability None
Location Sunburst Island
Size 148.3 mm - 207.3 mm
Rarity ★★★
Catch rate Cannot be caught at this time
Selling price  1,500 Bells
Request reward  1,500 Bells
3 Heart PC Icon.png Friendship Points
Fortune Cookie (20%), Bronze Treats (30%)


In New Horizons[edit]

#11

Rajah Brooke's birdwing
"I caught a Rajah Brooke's birdwing! Nothing else I'd rajah be doing!"

Time of year North: Dec – Feb; Apr – Sep
South: Jun – Aug; Oct – Mar
Time of day 8 AM – 5 PM
Location Flying near flowers
Weather Any except rain
Spawn requirement Catch 20 total bugs
Selling prices  Nook's Cranny 2,500 Bells
 Flick 3,750 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


Donating to the museum[edit]

In City Folk[edit]

Upon donating a Raja Brooke to the museum, Blathers will say:

"...I must say, I'm quite impressed with your ability to catch such an impressive butterfly... The Raja Brooke butterfly, I must tell you, is one of the larger tiger butterflies. Naturally, its antennae and proboscis also rank as some of the largest around. Be not proud, vile beast! Your cute red collar and fancy name do not fool Blathers!"

It can be found in the bottom left area of the insect exhibit, flying around the pond.

In New Leaf[edit]

A Raja B. butterfly inside the museum in Animal Crossing: 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 Raja B. butterfly:

"Raja Brooke butterflies have red heads and a red strip around their necks, giving the look of a collar. They are known to drink hot-spring water and often hang around water flowing up from the ground. While males are vibrantly green, females are much more commonly seen with brown wings."

In New Horizons[edit]

When donating to the museum, Blathers will say the following:

"Did you know that the repulsive Rajah Brooke's birdwing loves to luxuriate in hot-springs water? It's true! Hoo! The males gather in groups to sip the moisture while the females hide in jungle trees. And though they dress to impress in red and green, these fluttering fiends are not just stylish... They're also quite malicious! Their little larvae pack a poisonous punch that's supposed to protect them from predators... But I suspect more diabolical designs."

The Rajah Brooke's birdwing can be found in the butterfly room and the main room of the bug exhibit of the museum.

Gallery[edit]

Real-world information[edit]

A male Rajah Brooke butterfly.

The Rajah Brooke's butterfly is a type of birdwing with has distinctive black and electric-green markings, which are more prominent in the males, while the females have white markings. Both have a red head and another strip of red afterward, which is called a collar. It was named by Alfred R. Wallace in 1855, after James of Sarawak, the Rajah of Sarawark. It is also called the Raja Brooke butterfly, sometimes mistaking the Animal Crossing spelling as a mistake - though both are acceptable. They can be found in the rainforests of Borneo and the Malaysian Peninsula, and is featured as the national butterfly of Malaysia. It is registered as being under protection.

More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

Names in other languages[edit]

Japanese アカエリアゲハ
アカエリトリバネアゲハ (NH)

Akaeri-ageha
Akaeritoribane-ageha
Rajah Brooke's birdwing (lit. "red-collared birdwing")

Korean 붉은목도리비단나비
Polgeunmokdoripidannabi
Translation of Japanese name

Simplified Chinese 红颈凤蝶
Hóngjǐng fèngdié
Trogonoptera (lit. "red-necked swallowtail")

Traditional Chinese 紅頸鳳蝶
Unknown

Russian Трогоноптера Брука
Trogonoptera Bruka
lit. "Brooke's Trogonoptera"

Dutch Rajah Brooke-vlinder Rajah Brooke butterfly

German Rajah Brooke
Troides brookiana (NH)
Troides brookiana is a synonym for the scientific name

European Spanish Mariposa alas de Brooke lit. "Brooke wings butterfly"

European French Brookiana
Troides brookiana (NH)
Troides brookiana is a synonym for the scientific name

Italian Farfalla Raja Brooke "Raja Brooke butterfly"

Notes[edit]

  1. Japanese: アカエリトリバネアゲハ Hepburn: Akaeritoribaneageha