The flitterbie family is a family of enemies in Pikmin 2. It consists of one creature, the Unmarked Spectralids, which is a small butterfly-like insect that poses no threat to Pikmin or leaders. Even though there is only one creature, it comes in three different versions in-game.

Members

nectarlids

Main article: Unmarked Spectralids.

Scientific name: Fenestari prismatus

ROK

Naming

The family's name is a play on a letter swap of the word "butterfly" ("flutterby"), but using "flitter" instead of "flutter", which is a possible substitute.

Members have the fenestari genus, referring to the Latin word "fenestra", meaning "window". This is genus shared by other Spectralids. This is a mistake, as members of the same genus cannot be in separate families in real-world taxonomy.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
  Japanese モリシジミ科?
Mori Shijimi Ka
Forest Lycaenid family
  Chinese
(traditional)
- - モリシジミ? is translated as 森蜆蝶 in the Piklopedia entry for the White Spectralids
  German Flatterer Flutterers
  Korean 숲바지락나비 과
  Spanish (NoA) Revolotéridos Flutteridae The name is a portmanteau of "revolotear" (flutter) and the suffix "-idos" (-idae), which is used for naming animal family names

See also