Unmarked Spectralids

Unmarked Spectralids
Appears in	Pikmin 2
Scientific name	Fenestari prismatus
Family	Flitterbie
Areas	Awakening Wood
Caves	Frontier Cavern, Shower Room, Hole of Heroes
Challenge Mode stages	Hidden Garden
2-Player Battle stages	None
Attacks	None

Unmarked Spectralids (サンショクシジミ^?, lit.: "Tricolored Lycaenids") are insects in Pikmin 2. They resemble small butterflies and can be red, purple, or yellow. They are one of the harmless enemies in the Pikmin series, having no means of attack and doing nothing but fluttering around. They are located in specific patches of plants and appear upon being disturbed, though in some caves they are readily visible. They will leave the area's boundaries some time after Pikmin and leaders come within range of a swarm of them. Their color indicates what they drop when killed - a drop of ultra-spicy spray (red), ultra-bitter spray (purple) or nectar (yellow). Underground, they only have a 20% chance of dropping these rewards. These creatures instantly collapse and die if touched by a single Pikmin. Upon being petrified, they will fall down to the ground and crumble; in the Piklopedia, however, they will remain intact.

The only area aboveground they appear in is the Awakening Wood, with one group hidden in a Margaret near the Sunseed Berry, and another in a nearby Figwort (next to the bridge there). Red and purple Spectralids do not appear above ground, and can only be found with yellow Spectralids in rest sublevels of certain caves, usually found in clusters of 20 or more. In the Awakening Wood, only four of them appear together in each spot.

Unmarked Spectralids do not appear in Pikmin 3 or Pikmin 4, and have been replaced with Red Spectralids, Yellow Spectralids, and White Spectralids. However, they are referenced in Olimar's notes for the White Spectralids in both games.

Stats

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
1	1	1	× 1	N/A	No

Notes

Olimar's notes

“When strolling through the forests of this planet, clouds of these creatures are seen dancing overhead. Like flower petals drifting in the breeze, the sight of flitterbies dancing in the lush green undergrowth is unforgettable. Flitterbie collectors drool over specimen sample boxes lined up in order, highlighting the slight color gradation changes from blue to red to yellow. Such items fetch particularly high prices at auction.”

Louie's notes

“Spectralids don't provide a lot of meat, but the exquisitely elegant wings are surprisingly tasty, particularly when expertly prepared with a sweet candied glaze.”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

“The butterflies offer more atmosphere than gameplay challenge. If you have the time, you may toss some Pikmin into a flock of the colorful creatures and collect their bodies for Pikmin sprouts, color-matched nectar or Pokos.”

Interactions

Unmarked Spectralids seem to not fear creatures that are idling. If there is a Mamuta in the same level as a swarm of Unmarked Spectralids, it is possible to spot some of the Spectralids land on the creature as it idles. In addition, after both the Unmarked Spectralids and the Red, Orange, and Hairy Bulborbs have been added to the Piklopedia, Spectralids can be seen flying around the former two Bulborb varieties in their respective Piklopedia entries.

Spectralids merely flutter about without waking up the Bulborbs and may occasionally land on it. Due to the way collisions work in the game, Unmarked Spectralids are unrealistically strong, and as a result, they can push the Bulborbs around, sometimes even shoving it out of the regular map boundaries.

Strategy

The following article or section contains guides. The strategies shown are just suggestions.

If you have many Pikmin with you, throw them rapidly into the air in all directions in an attempt to knock them down. Otherwise, you can spray a large group with an ultra-bitter spray, since spraying them makes them fall to the ground, burst, and instantly die.

They cannot be damaged with punches in any way, not even while petrified or resting atop a Mamuta.

Technical information

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			shijimichou
Global properties (List)
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
s000	friction(not used)	Friction	0.5
s001	wallReflection	Unknown (wall bounce speed multiplier?)	0.5
s002	faceDirAdjust	Unknown	0.25
s003	accel	Acceleration	0.1
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.3
fp00	ライフ	HP	200
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	10
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.2
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.25
fp04	ダメージフレーム	Damage scale duration	0.35
fp05	質量	Unknown (weight?)	0.5
fp06	速度	Move speed	150
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.2
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	250
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	30
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	0
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	700
fp13	視界角度	FOV	180
fp14	探索距離	Unknown (exploration radius?)	0
fp15	探索角度	Unknown (exploration angle?)	0
fp16	振り払い率	Successful shake rate	1
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	150
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	0
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	0
fp20	攻撃可能範囲	Unknown (shock attack max range?)	30
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	15
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	30
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	15
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	10
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	50
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	0
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	40
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	15
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	0
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	0
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	30
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	20
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	7
fp35	石化時間	Petrification duration	1
fp36	ヒップドロップダメージ	Purple Pikmin drop damage	N/A
fp37	地震気絶確立	Purple Pikmin stun chance	N/A
fp38	地震気絶時間	Purple Pikmin stun time	N/A
ip01	振り払い打撃Ａ	Shake mode 1 – hit count	1
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	1
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	2
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	2
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	5
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	3
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	10
Specific properties
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
fp01	飛行期間	Unknown (flight period?)	250
fp08	プランツからの飛行期間	Unknown (flight period if released from plants?)	250
fp02	蜜レート	Chance of dropping their content, underground	0.2
fp03	飛行高さ	Flying height	70
fp04	飛行レート	Unknown (flight rate?)	0.02
fp05	飛行高低	Unknown (flight height variation?)	2
fp06	赤蝶率	Distribution of reds in a swarm	0.1
fp07	黒蝶率	Distribution of purples in a swarm	0.1

Other information

• Size: Wing span: 26mm, as per the e-card
• Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #54

Naming

Plurality

Following English grammar conventions, it is intuitive to read the word "Spectralids" as a plural form of the word "Spectralid". However, "Spectralid" does not appear anywhere in Pikmin 2, nor are the Unmarked Spectralids ever referred to in a sentence in a way that would give a definitive singular form. All Piklopedia entries are named in singular form, which would suggest that a single specimen would be called an "Unmarked Spectralids". On the other hand, it could be reasoned that the Piklopedia entry for the Unmarked Spectralids is uniquely plural, as it documents 3 distinct colorations together unlike the entries for the Candypop family. Pikmin 3 introduces the Flutterbie family whose members also use the "Spectralids" name, where it is used as a singular form in lock-on text. Pikmin 3 Deluxe and Pikmin 4's Piklopedias give each color of Flutterbie its own entry, continuing to use the word "Spectralids" individually.

• Common name: Unmarked Spectralids. The word "Unmarked" is used because these creatures do not have any markings on them. "Spectralids" relates to the word "spectral", referring to their vibrant colors.
• Japanese nickname: サンショクシジミ^?, lit.: "Tricolored Lycaenids".
• Japanese name: モンナシモリシジミ^?, lit.: "Patternless Forest Lycaenid".
• Scientific name: Fenestari prismatus. Fenestari is close to fenestra, which is Latin for "window". Prismatus is similar to "prism", possibly a nod to how triangular prisms can disperse light in a colorful rainbow; color variety being a strong theme in the naming and nature of the Spectralids.
• Internal names: The internal name for the Unmarked Spectralids is shijimichou, or "シジミチョウ^?", which is a butterfly belonging to the Lycaenidae family.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	サンショクシジミ? Sanshoku Shijimi	Tricolored Lycaenids
French	Spectrillons Vierges	Pure Spectralids	"Spectrillons" is a portmanteau of "spectral" (spectral) and "papillon" (butterfly)
German	Unmarkierter Spektralit	Unmarked Spectralid
Spanish (NoA)	Espectrálidas discretas	Discrete spectralids	"Espectrálidas" comes from "espectral" (spectral)

Gallery

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  Unmarked Spectralids in the Piklopedia.

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  A close-up of a yellow specimen.

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  A close-up of a red specimen.

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  A close-up of a purple specimen.

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  An Unmarked Spectralids on top of a stationary Mamuta.

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  The Piklopedia icon of the Unmarked Spectralids in the Nintendo Switch version of Pikmin 2.

• 

  The Unmarked Spectralids e-card, #53 (18^th red card).

Trivia

• Although their health is specified to be 200 in the game files, they are programmed to die instantly when a Pikmin is thrown at them, making this health value unused.
  • In addition, even if they are hit by a bomb rock's explosion, their health will drop to 0, but they will continue to be alive.
• Unmarked Spectralids are the only creatures to appear in another creature's Piklopedia file.
• If the Spectralids is resting on a Mamuta, and the player sprays the Mamuta, the Spectralids will fly off and flutter about for a bit. Killing the petrified Mamuta and leaving the scene can cause the Spectralids to return to its original position, which means it will stand in mid-air.
• The Beady Long Legs is fully programmed to drop 25 Unmarked Spectralids upon death if it has no treasure. However, due to a mistake from the programmers, this does not occur, and it simply drops nothing.
• While Unmarked Spectralids fall to the floor and shatter when petrified, this is not the case in the Piklopedia.
• In Hey! Pikmin, there appears a Spectralid which has a similar coloring to yellow Unmarked Spectralids.

See also

• White Spectralids
• Yellow Spectralids
• Red Spectralids