Butterfly

This page was last verified for Vintage Story version 1.18.15.

Butterflies can be found flying around most regions and generally prefer lower altitudes. In contrast to all other animals currently in the game, butterflies can not be killed and harvested. Instead they can be caught with a bug net and used as a collectible.

Spawning

In the table below, values in the MinY and MaxY columns seem to be on a scale of 0 to 2. 0 likely refers to the mantle of the world, elevation 0 blocks. If the value of 2 refers to the ceiling of the world, MaxY 2 = Y 256 for a default world:
MaxY 1 = Y 128 (elevation 128 blocks)
MaxY 0.5 = Y 64
MaxY 0.25 = Y 32
and so on.
(If the value of 1 = sealevel, the numbers are somewhat more complex.)

The coordinates of the player's current location are visible in the top-right of the screen, below the minimap. The coordinate overlay may be toggled with Ctrl+V. The first number is the X value, second is Y value, third is Z value. X refers to distance east-west in blocks: an X value of 12 is 12 blocks east of the world origin. Y refers to distance up-down in blocks: an X value of 12 is 12 meters above the world origin, in midair if there are no blocks that high. Z refers to distance north-south in blocks: a Z value of 12 is 12 blocks south of the world origin.

Since the height of the world is customizable, the habitat of butterflies stated in block elevation would not be accurate for all worlds. Multiply half of your world's height by the decimal in the MinY and MaxY columns. For example:

World height	Height/2	Butterfly name	MinY	min elevation	MaxY	max elevation
256	128	Acmon Blue	1.6	1.6*128 = 204.8 blocks	1.9	1.9*128 = 243.2 blocks
384	192	Acmon Blue	1.6	1.6*192 = 307.2 blocks	1.9	1.9*192 = 364.8 blocks

If you're hunting the Acmon blue, go to regions warmer than 25.8 degrees, and look between elevation 204 blocks and 243 blocks for areas of uncommon rainfall.

Image	Name	MinTemp	MaxTemp	MinRain	MaxRain	MinForest	MaxForest	MinY	MaxY
	Acmon Blue	25.8	35.8	0.2	0.4	0	0.5	1.6	1.9
	Aega Morpho Blue	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Aega Morpho Brown	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Aega Morpho	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	African Clouded Yellow	28.8	38.8	0.2	0.4	0	0.5	1.9	2
	African Mapwing	35	45	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.3
	Amber Phantom	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1.3	1.7
	Apollo Butterfly	1.2	11.2	0.2	0.4	0	0.3	1.5	1.8
	Arctic White	-29.6	-19.6	0.4	0.6	0	0.3	0.9	1.3
	Atlas Moth	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Blood Red Glider	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Blood Red Glider Pale (female)	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Blood Red Glider Red (female)	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Blue Admiral	7.3	17.3	0.7	0.9	0.6	1	1	1.4
	Blue Pansy	25.8	35.8	0.2	0.4	0	0.5	0.9	1.3
	Bordered Rustic	24.2	34.2	0.7	0.9	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Brown Hairstreak	4.2	14.2	0.7	0.9	0.6	1	0.9	1.8
	Cardinal Apollo (female)	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Cardinal Apollo (male)	1.2	11.2	0.2	0.4	0	0.3	1.5	1.8
	Checkered White	25.8	35.8	0.2	0.4	0	0.5	0.9	1.3
	Chestnut Tiger	24.2	34.2	0.7	0.9	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Chocolate Albatross (dry season)	24.2	34.2	0.7	0.9	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Chocolate Albatross (wet season female)	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Chocolate Albatross (wet season male)	24.2	34.2	0.7	0.9	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Cleopatra	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Clouded Apollo (female)	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Clouded Apollo (male)	1.2	11.2	0.2	0.4	0	0.3	1.5	1.8
	Comma	4.2	14.2	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.3
	Comma ab. Dilutus	4.2	14.2	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.3
	Common Brimstone	4.2	14.2	0.3	0.5	0	0.2	0.9	1.3
	Common Green Birdwing	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Common Green Charaxes	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Common Mestra	24.2	34.2	0.7	0.9	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Common White Glider	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Common Yellow Swallowtail	-12.7	-2.7	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.3
	Cynthias Fritillary	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Dark Blue Pansy	25.8	35.8	0.2	0.4	0	0.5	0.9	1.3
	Dawn Clouded Butterfly	1.2	11.2	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.8
	Dawn Clouded Butterfly White	1.2	11.2	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.8
	Dawn Clouded Butterfly Yellow	1.2	11.2	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.8
	Dotted Glory	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Eastern Comma (summer form)	4.2	14.2	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.3
	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Dark	-12.7	-2.7	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.3
	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	-12.7	-2.7	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.3
	Edwards Forester	25.8	35.8	0.2	0.4	0	0.5	0.9	1.3
	Emerald Swallowtail	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Eroessa Chiliensis	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	False Comma	-5	5	0.4	0.6	0.6	1	1.1	1.4
	Freyers Purple Emperor	4.2	14.2	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.3
	Garden Tiger Moth	10.4	20.4	0.4	0.6	0	0.2	1	1.3
	Giant Northern Sulfur	-5	5	0.4	0.6	0.6	1	1.1	1.4
	Godarts Numberwing	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1.2	1.5
	Gold Banded Forester	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1.3	1.7
	Golden Birdwing	24.2	34.2	0.7	0.9	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Golden Jezebel	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Goliath Birdwing	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Grapevine Epimenis	-5	5	0.4	0.6	0.6	1	1.1	1.4
	Gray Hairstreak	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Gray Pansy	24.2	34.2	0.7	0.9	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Green Hairstreak	4.2	14.2	0.3	0.5	0	0.2	0.9	1.3
	Green-veined White	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Irenia Metalmark	24.2	34.2	0.7	0.9	0.8	1	1.3	1.7
	Jutta Arctic	2.7	12.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	1	1.2	1.5
	Large Blue	4.2	14.2	0.3	0.5	0	0.2	0.9	1.3
	Large Orange Sulphur	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Large Orange Sulphur White	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Large White	4.2	14.2	0.3	0.5	0	0.2	0.9	1.3
	Lemon Emigrant (alcmeone form)	24.2	34.2	0.7	0.9	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Lemon Emigrant	24.2	34.2	0.7	0.9	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Lemon Emigrant (hilaria form)	24.2	34.2	0.7	0.9	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Lime Hawk Moth	4.2	14.2	0.7	0.9	0.6	1	0.9	1.3
	Macrocosma Moth	10.4	20.4	0.7	0.9	0.8	1	0.9	1.3
	Madagascan Sunset Moth	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Malachite Butterfly	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Map Butterfly (spring form)	4.2	14.2	0.7	0.9	0.6	1	0.9	1.3
	Map Butterfly (summer form)	4.2	14.2	0.7	0.9	0.6	1	0.9	1.3
	Meadow Blue	25.8	35.8	0.2	0.4	0	0.5	0.9	1.3
	Meadow Brown	4.2	14.2	0.3	0.5	0	0.2	0.9	1.3
	Mexican Marbled White	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Milberts Tortoiseshell	-20.4	-10.4	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.9	1.3
	Monarch	25.8	35.8	0.2	0.4	0	0.5	0.9	1.3
	Morpho Portis	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Mountain Apollo	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Mourning Cloak	-20.4	-10.4	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.8	1	1.4
	Nessus Leafwing	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Northern Brown Argus	1.2	11.2	0.2	0.4	0	0.3	1.5	1.8
	Nyctemera kinabaluensis	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1.3	1.7
	Oleander Hawk Moth	25.8	35.8	0.2	0.4	0	0.5	0.9	1.3
	Orange Barred Sulphur	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Orange Barred Sulphur Thalestris Red	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Orange Barred Sulphur Thalestris Yellow	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Orange Emigrant	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Orange Tiger	24.2	34.2	0.7	0.9	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Orange Tip	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Orangetip Angled Sulphur	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Ornithoptera Priamus Euphorion ab. Golden	24.2	34.2	0.7	0.9	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Ornithoptera Priamus Miokensis	10.4	20.4	0.4	0.6	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Painted Beauty	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1.2	1.5
	Peacock	4.2	14.2	0.7	0.9	0.6	1	0.9	1.3
	Peacock Pansy	25.8	35.8	0.2	0.4	0	0.5	0.9	1.3
	Pearl Charaxes	25.8	35.8	0.2	0.4	0	0.5	0.9	1.3
	Purple Edged Copper	1.2	11.2	0.2	0.4	0	0.3	1.5	1.8
	Purple Emperor	4.2	14.2	0.7	0.9	0.6	1	0.9	1.3
	Purple Spotted Swallowtail	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1.3	1.7
	Purplish Copper	4.2	14.2	0.3	0.5	0	0.2	0.9	1.3
	Queen Victorias Birdwing	10.4	20.4	0.4	0.6	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Red Admiral	4.2	14.2	0.7	0.9	0.6	1	0.9	1.3
	Rock Grayling	4.2	14.2	0.7	0.9	0.6	1	0.9	1.3
	Rustic	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Sagebrush Girdle Moth	25.8	35.8	0.2	0.4	0	0.5	0.9	1.3
	Scarlet Mormon	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Silky Owl	10.4	20.4	0.4	0.6	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Silvery Blue	-29.6	-19.6	0.4	0.6	0	0.3	0.9	1.3
	Small Copper	4.2	14.2	0.3	0.5	0	0.2	0.9	1.3
	Small Copper ab. Schmidtii	4.2	14.2	0.3	0.5	0	0.2	0.9	1.3
	Small Heath	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Small Tortoiseshell	4.2	14.2	0.3	0.5	0	0.2	0.9	1.3
	Small White	4.2	14.2	0.3	0.5	0	0.2	0.9	1.3
	Southern Dogface	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Southern Dogface White	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Southern Dogface Yellow	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Stichel's Eyemark	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1.2	1.5
	Tawny Coster	4.2	14.2	0.3	0.5	0	0.2	0.9	1.3
	Thalaina Chionoptila	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Theano Alpine	1.2	11.2	0.2	0.4	0	0.3	1.5	1.8
	Tropical White (dry season)	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Tropical White	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Tropical White (wet season)	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Two Barred Flasher	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1.3	1.7
	Wallace's Golden Birdwing	24.2	34.2	0.8	1	0.8	1	1	1.3
	Western Blue Charaxes	25.8	35.8	0.2	0.4	0	0.5	0.9	1.3
	White Angled Sulphur	-5	5	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.9	1.2
	Wood White	4.2	14.2	0.7	0.9	0.6	1	0.9	1.3
	Yellow Pansy	25.8	35.8	0.2	0.4	0	0.5	0.9	1.3

Variants

Including 6 species of moth, there are at least 119 species of butterfly in Vintage Story. With male and female often displaying different patterns, there's a total of 169 unique butterfly corpses.

Male	Female	Name	Latin name
		Acmon Blue	Plebejus acmon
-		Aega Morpho Blue	Morpho aega
-		Aega Morpho Brown	Morpho aega
	-	Aega Morpho	Morpho aega
	-	African Clouded Yellow	Colias electo
	-	African Mapwing	Cyrestis camillus
	-	Amber Phantom	Haetera piera
		Apollo Butterfly	Parnassius autocrator
		Arctic White	Pieris angelika
		Atlas Moth	Atlas Attacus
	-	Blood Red Glider	Cymothoe sangaris
-		Blood Red Glider Pale	Cymothoe sangaris
-		Blood Red Glider Red	Cymothoe sangaris
	-	Blue Admiral	Kaniska canace
-		Blue Pansy	Junonia orithya
-		Bordered Rustic	Cupha prosope
		Brown Hairstreak	Thecla betulae
		Cardinal Apollo	Parnassius cardinal
		Checkered White	Pontia protodice
	-	Chestnut Tiger	Parantica sita
	-	Chocolate Albatross (dry season)	Appias lyncida
		Chocolate Albatross (wet season)	Appias lyncida
		Cleopatra	Gonepteryx cleopatra
		Clouded Apollo	Parnassius Mnemosyne
	-	Comma	Polygonia c-album
	-	Comma ab. Dilutus	Polygonia c-album ab. dilutus
		Common Brimstone	Gonepteryx rhamni
		Common Green Birdwing	Ornithoptera priamus
	-	Common Green Charaxes	Charaxes eupale
	-	Common Mestra	Mestra amymone
-		Common White Glider	Cymothoe caenis
		Common Yellow Swallowtail	Papilio machaon
	-	Cynthias Fritillary	Euphydryas cynthia
	-	Dark Blue Pansy	Junonia oenone
	-	Dawn Clouded Butterfly	Colias aurorina
-		Dawn Clouded Butterfly White	Colias aurorina
-		Dawn Clouded Butterfly Yellow	Colias aurorina
	-	Dotted Glory	Asterope markii
	-	Eastern Comma (summer form)	Polygonia comma
-		Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Dark	Papilio glaucus
	-	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus
		Edwards Forester	Euphaedra edwardsii
	-	Emerald Swallowtail	Papilio palinurus
		Eroessa Chiliensis	Eroessa Chiliensis1.2
	-	False Comma	Nymphalis vaualbum
	-	Freyers Purple Emperor	Apatura metis
	-	Garden Tiger Moth	Arctia caja
		Giant Northern Sulfur	Colias gigantea
	-	Godarts Numberwing	Callicore pygas
	-	Gold Banded Forester	Euphaedra neophron
		Golden Birdwing	Troides aeacus
		Golden Jezebel	Delias aruna
	-	Goliath Birdwing	Ornithoptera goliath
	-	Grapevine Epimenis	Psychomorpha epimenis
	-	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus
	-	Gray Pansy	Junonia atlites
	-	Green Hairstreak	Callophrys rubi
		Green-veined White	Pieris napi
	-	Irenia Metalmark	Thisbe irenea belides
	-	Jutta Arctic	Oeneis jutta
-		Large Blue	Maculinea arion
		Large Orange Sulphur	Phoebis agarithe maxima
-		Large Orange Sulphur White	Phoebis agarithe maxima
		Large White	Pieris brassicae
	-	Lemon Emigrant (alcmeone form)	Catopsilia pomona
-		Lemon Emigrant	Catopsilia pomona
	-	Lemon Emigrant (hilaria form)	Catopsilia pomona
	-	Lime Hawk Moth	Mimas tiliae
	-	Macrocosma Moth	Niceteria macrocosma
	-	Madagascan Sunset Moth	Chrysiridia rhipheus
	-	Malachite Butterfly	Siproeta stelenes
	-	Map Butterfly (spring form)	Araschnia levana
	-	Map Butterfly (summer form)	Araschnia levana
	-	Meadow Blue	Cupidopsis cissus
		Meadow Brown	Maniola jurtina
		Mexican Marbled White	Hesperocharis graphites
		Milberts Tortoiseshell	Aglais milberti
	-	Monarch	Danaus plexippus
	-	Morpho Portis	Morpho portis
-		Mountain Apollo	Parnassius apollo
	-	Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa
		Nessus Leafwing	Fountainea nessus
		Northern Brown Argus	Aricia artaxerxes
	-	Nyctemera kinabaluensis	Nyctemera kinabaluensis
	-	Oleander Hawk Moth	Daphnis nerii
	-	Orange Barred Sulphur	Phoebis philea
-		Orange Barred Sulphur Thalestris Red	Phoebis philea thalestris
-		Orange Barred Sulphur Thalestris Yellow	Phoebis philea thalestris
		Orange Emigrant	Catopsilia scylla cornelia
	-	Orange Tiger	Dryadula phaetusa
		Orange Tip	Anthocharis cardamines
	-	Orangetip Angled Sulphur	Anteos menippe
	-	Ornithoptera Priamus Euphorion ab. Golden	Ornithoptera priamus euphorion
	-	Ornithoptera Priamus Miokensis	Ornithoptera priamus Miokensis
	-	Painted Beauty	Batesia hypochlora
	-	Peacock	Inachis io
	-	Peacock Pansy	Junonia almana
		Pearl Charaxes	Charaxes varanes
	-	Purple Edged Copper	Lycaena hippothoe
		Purple Emperor	Apatura iris
	-	Purple Spotted Swallowtail	Graphium weiskei
		Purplish Copper	Lycaena helloides
	-	Queen Victorias Birdwing	Ornithoptera victoriae
	-	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta
	-	Rock Grayling	Hipparchia alcyone
	-	Rustic	Cupha erymanthis
	-	Sagebrush Girdle Moth	Plataea trilinearia
		Scarlet Mormon	Papilio rumanzovia
	-	Silky Owl	Taenaris catops
	-	Silvery Blue	Glaucopsyche lygdamus
	-	Small Copper	Lycaena phlaeas
-		Small Copper ab. Schmidtii	Lycaena phlaeas ab. schmidtii
		Small Heath	Coenonympha pamphilus
	-	Small Tortoiseshell	Aglais urticae
		Small White	Pieris rapae
	-	Southern Dogface	Zerene cesonia
-		Southern Dogface White	Zerene cesonia
-		Southern Dogface Yellow	Zerene cesonia
		Stichel's Eyemark	Mesosemia Pacifica
	-	Tawny Coster	Acraea terpsicore
	-	Thalaina Chionoptila	Thalaina chionoptila
	-	Theano Alpine	Erebia theano
-		Tropical White (dry season)	Appias drusilla
	-	Tropical White	Appias drusilla
-		Tropical White (wet season)	Appias drusilla
	-	Two Barred Flasher	Astraptes fulgerator
	-	Wallace's Golden Birdwing	Ornithoptera croesus
		Western Blue Charaxes	Charaxes smaragdalis
	-	White Angled Sulphur	Anteos clorinde
		Wood White	Leptidea sinapis
		Yellow Pansy	Junonia hierta

Obtaining

Butterflies can be caught with a bug net . Butterflies cannot be cultivated or domesticated.

Usage

Butterflies can be used as a collectible. Caught butterflies can be placed in display cases. Butterflies cannot be harvested for any resources.

History

• Butterflies were added in version 1.18.0:
  • "Feature: Added 160+ new types of butterflies. Butterflies can now be caught with a butterfly net & can be placed in display cases. Butterfly spawning behavior now depends on climate and elevation."
  • "Feature: Added 50 wearable butterfly pins (creative mode only currently)"
  • "Tweak: Made butterflies not flee from you when you sneak"

Official Devlog

• "Fixed: Butterflies now manage to fly away eventually after getting stuck in water." Official Devlog