Editing Flutterbie family

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The '''flutterbie family''' is a family of [[Enemy|enemies]] in {{p3}}, {{p4}} and possibly {{hp}}. It consists of small {{w|butterfly}}-like insects that pose no threat to [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] or [[leader]]s. They merely flutter about, occasionally landing, and aren't worth many seeds or [[Poko]]s, but some of them can drop valuable rewards after death: [[nectar]] or a [[Spray#Spray drop|spray drop]]. Their color indicates what they might drop, if anything. In ''Hey! Pikmin'', they can't be interacted with and are not logged, appearing only in cutscenes.

Members of this family belong to the ''Fenestari'' genus.

 

In other languages of the game, the [[floaterbie family]] has the same name as the flutterbie family, so it is possible to consider that the two are one and the same, and that the English developers gave a different name to the [[Electric Spectralid]]'s family for unknown reasons, or perhaps simply due to a [[mistake]].

===Red Spectralids===

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Scientific name: ''Fenestari russoprismatus''

 

Scientific name: ''Fenestari albaprismatus''

 

White Spectralids are of a color introduced in ''Pikmin 3''. Unlike the remaining Spectralids, these drop no special rewards when defeated but will sometimes drop a [[raw material]] in ''Pikmin 4''. Seeing as they're only worth one Pikmin seed, they're usually more trouble than they are worth. Nevertheless, they appear near the landing site or an [[Onion]], making them useful if the player wants to help grow an army with minimal exploration.

===Yellow Spectralids===

 

Scientific name: ''Fenestari jaunoprismatus''

 

Yellow Spectralids appear more commonly than Red Spectralids, and upon defeat, they release a drop of nectar. In ''Hey! Pikmin'', it is found just flying forward, as Pikmin chase it. Eventually it flies off screen.

==Other Spectralids==

 

 

In addition, as mentioned previously, the [[Electric Spectralid]]'s family name in other languages is the same as the flutterbie family, so it is possible to consider that enemy a part of this family.

 

 

 

==Naming==

The family's name is a play on a letter swap of the word "butterfly" ("flutterby") – "flutter" meaning "to flap rapidly". Many of the names used for these creatures are similar to the ones used by the [[Unmarked Spectralids]]; see [[Unmarked Spectralids#Naming|here]] for details.

 

 

The genus ''Fenestari'' is by the Unmarked Spectralids, referring to the Latin word ''fenestra'', meaning "window". This is a [[mistake]], as members of the same genus cannot be in separate families in real-world taxonomy. Additionally, in {{p3d}}, this family had two genera names: ''Fenestari'' for [[White Spectralids]] and [[Yellow Spectralids]], and ''Fenestrati'' for [[Red Spectralids]]. ''Fenestrati'' appears to be a typo as the Red Spectralids were fixed to also belong to the ''Fenestari'' genus in {{p4}}.

 

 

|GerN = "''schweben''" means to float while "''-rich''" is a suffix which may imply it to be male.<br />It is the same name as the [[Floaterbie family]]

|ItaM =

|ItaN = It is the same name as the [[Floaterbie family]]

|SpaN = The name is a portmanteau of ''"flotar"'' (float) and the suffix "''-idos''" ({{w|Family_(biology)#Nomenclature|-idae}}), which is used for naming animal family names<br> It is also the same name as the [[Floaterbie family]]

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