Birdwing

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Birdwing

Scientific Name	Troides ---
Appearences	Animal Crossing: Wild World Animal Crossing: City Folk
Location	Near Flowers
Date Availability	June - September
Time Availability	8am - 4pm
Sales Price	3,000 Bells
Tank Size	1x1
Real Life

The Birdwing is a rare bug first introduced in Animal Crossing: Wild World.

How to Catch

The Birdwing is a rare butterfly and can only be found sitting on or flying around flowers. Since the Birdwing likes to fly around flowers you will have to be cautious when swinging your net to avoid killing the flowers. The Birdwing is quite noticeable because of its size and can be seen from a distance. Its also not a very fast flying bug.

Player

This is what you player says when you catch a Birdwing:

Animal Crossing: Wild World

Animal Crossing: City Folk

Museum

If you donate this bug to the Museum, Blathers will say this:

Animal Crossing: Wild World

Animal Crossing: City Folk

Trivia

The Birdwing is tied with the Agrias Butterfly for top selling Butterfly.

Real Life

Although the Birdwing appears as a single butterfly in Animal Crossing, the Birdwing actually has wide variety of different sub-species. The specific species of Birdwing in Animal Crossing is unknown but is most likely under the genus Troides. The Birdwing is mostly found in the tropical parts of Australasia and Southeast Asia.