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It is based on a caterpillar or other larva, seeing that it's evolutions are a cocoon thing and a butterfly. | It is based on a caterpillar or other larva, seeing that it's evolutions are a cocoon thing and a butterfly. | ||
[[User:CoolDudeAl|CoolDudeAl]] ([[User talk:CoolDudeAl|talk]]) 19:06, 12 June 2013 (UTC) | [[User:CoolDudeAl|CoolDudeAl]] ([[User talk:CoolDudeAl|talk]]) 19:06, 12 June 2013 (UTC) | ||
==Name origin== | |||
"''Kofuki''" may be from コフキコガネ ''kofukikogane'', the Japanese {{wp|cockchafer}}, while the ''mushi'' means "bug". The fact that a cockchafer is a beetle gives me second thoughts, but the names are so similar that I thought I'd put it forward anyway.—[[User:Urutapu|urutapu]] ([[User talk:Urutapu|talk]]) 22:55, 12 June 2013 (UTC) | |||
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Origin
It is based on a caterpillar or other larva, seeing that it's evolutions are a cocoon thing and a butterfly. CoolDudeAl (talk) 19:06, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Name origin
"Kofuki" may be from コフキコガネ kofukikogane, the Japanese cockchafer, while the mushi means "bug". The fact that a cockchafer is a beetle gives me second thoughts, but the names are so similar that I thought I'd put it forward anyway.—urutapu (talk) 22:55, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
