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The '''snowswallow family''' is a family of {{w|moth}}-like creatures introduced in {{p4}}. It contains only one member, the [[Snowfake Fluttertail]], which belongs to the ''Papilifictus'' genus.
The '''snowswallow family''' is a family of {{w|moth}}-like creatures introduced in {{p4}}. It contains only one member, the [[Snowfake Fluttertail]]. All members of this family belong to the ''Papilifictus'' genus.


== Members ==
== Members ==
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[[File:Snowfake Fluttertail P4 icon.png|left|150px]]
[[File:Snowfake Fluttertail P4 icon.png|left|150px]]
{{main|Snowfake Fluttertail}}
{{main|Snowfake Fluttertail}}
 
The Snowflake Fluttertail is a [[boss]] found in the [[Frozen Inferno]] in {{p4}}. They resemble a yellow moth that has an ice coating that covers up most of its body. They also have a spiralled proboscis that they use to grab frozen Pikmin to eat. The Snowflake Fluttertail also has two blue antenna and four wings of the same color. They blow [[ice]] onto Pikmin to freeze them, then they use their proboscis to grab them. A fire starter must be used to melt the ice coating it has protecting itself before it can be damaged.
Scientific name: '' Papilifictus nivedae''
 
The Snowfake Fluttertail is a [[boss]] found in the [[Frozen Inferno]] in {{p4}}. They resemble a yellow moth that has an ice coating that covers up most of its body. They also have a spiralled proboscis that they use to grab frozen Pikmin to eat. The Snowfake Fluttertail also has two blue antenna and four wings of the same color. They blow [[ice]] onto Pikmin to freeze them, then they use their proboscis to grab them. A fire starter must be used to melt the ice coating it has protecting itself before it can be damaged.


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== Naming ==
== Naming ==
The family's name, snowswallow, is made up of two words, ''snow'' and ''swallow''. ''Snow'' refers to the Snowfake Fluttertail using ice to both protect itself and freeze prey. ''Swallow'' could also be a reference to the real {{w|swallowtail butterfly}} as Olimar mentions their similar appearance in his notes.
The family's name, ''snowswallow'', is made up of two words, ''snow'' and ''swallow''. ''snow'' is in relation to the fact that the Snowflake Fluttertail uses ice to both protect itself and freeze prey. ''swallow'' could be in relation to the fact that the enemy swallows Pikmin, but it's more likely a connection to the {{w|swallowtail butterfly}}.


The family genus, ''Papilifictus'', is derived from {{w|Papilio|''Papilio''}}, a real genus of swallowtail butterflies and ''fictus'', Latin for fake, referencing how the Snowfake Fluttertail is said to "mimic a type of swallowtail butterfly" and is actually more closely related to moths.
The family's genus, ''Papilifictus'', can be split up into two parts, ''Papili'' and ''fictus''. ''Papili'' may be derived from the word papilio which is a genus of the swallowtail butterfly family, it is also latin for butterfly. ''ficus'' is latin for fake, this is in relation to the fact that the Snowflake Fluttertail is actually a moth, not a butterfly. Therefore, putting the two words together creates 'fake butterfly' or more specifically, 'fake swallowtail butterfly', which is exactly what the Snowflake Fluttertail is.


=== Names in other languages ===  
=== Names in other languages ===  
{{game help|p4|Document names in other languages.}}  
{{game help|p4|Document names in other languages.}}  
{{foreignname  
{{foreignname  
|Jap  = ユキミノガ科
|Fra= camoufloptères
|JapR = Yuki minoga ka
|FraN= From "camouflage" and the suffix -ptère (-ptera)
|JapM = Snow {{w|bagworm moth}} family
|PorB = Pteronixídeos
|JapN =
|PorBN = From the prefix "ptero-" (ptero-)
|ChiTrad  =
|ChiTradR =
|ChiTradM =
|ChiTradN =
|Dut  =
|DutM =
|DutN =
|Fra = camoufloptères
|FraM =
|FraN = The name is a portmanteau of ''"camouflage"'' (camouflage) and the suffix ''"-ptère"'' ({{w|Mecoptera|-ptera}})
|Ger  = Schneepanzer-Motten
|GerM = Snow shell-Moths
|GerN =
|Ita  =
|ItaM =
|ItaN =
|Kor  = 눈도롱이나방 과
|KorR = nundorong-inabang gwa
|KorM =
|KorN =
|Spa  = Traganívedos
|SpaM = Swallowsnows
|SpaN = Based on the verb for "to swallow" (tragar) rather than the word used to name the bird and the butterfly (golondrina).
|Por = Pteronixídeos
|PorN = The name is a portmanteau of the prefix ''"ptero-"'' ({{w|Pterodactylus|ptero-}}), the Latin word ''"nix"'' (snow) and suffix "''-ídeos''" ({{w|Family_(biology)#Nomenclature|-idae}}), which is used for naming animal family names
|PorBM =
|PorP  =
|PorPM =
|PorPN =
|Rus  =
|RusM =
|RusN =
|notes = y
|notes = y
}}
}}


{{families}}
{{families}}
[[Category:Snowswallow family| ]]

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