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. While its often thought of as rare, its abundance is actually on par with the Tiger Butterfly. Despite its elusive tendencies, it has a low selling price.

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 colouring, 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 flower beds on the lower terrace of the insect room after donation.

In New Leaf
In New Leaf an information board in the bug exhibit will list information about this bug.

"The back of the wings of a peacock butterfly is black, while the front is blue or green. The males have black, velvet hair on their forewings and are easy to spot because of their beauty. Sometimes you may see a group of male peacock butterflies drinking water together."

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

Animal Crossing Movie
In the film, Yu is seen for the first time, chasing a Peacock Butterfly outside Alfonso's house. Once Alfonso realizes Yu is on the chase with it, he grabs his net and joins him, leaving Ai on his doorstep with the door wide open. Ai, puzzled, decides simply to leave her delivery inside his house.

Further Information
Papilio bianor, the Chinese Peacock, is a species of butterfly that is native to most of Asia. The female has more prominent markings than the male, and is roughly 7-8 centimetres long.