Butterfree

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Butterfree Butterfly Pokémon #012 Butterfree
Type Bug Flying Unknown Unknown
Ability Compound Eyes		Hidden Ability Tinted Lens
Mega Ability
Gender ratio 50% male, 50% female		Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Breeding Egg group Bug Hatch time 4080 steps
Height 1.1 m 3'07" m		Weight 32.0 kg 70.5 lbs {{{weight2-kg}}} kg
Base exp. yield 173		Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 3 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 2 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Body style		Footprint
Pokédex color   White		Base friendship 70
Cry

Butterfree is a dual-type Bug/Flying Pokémon. It evolves from Metapod starting at level 10, and is the final form of Caterpie.

Pokédex entry

Pokédex entry It has a superior ability to search for delicious honey from flowers. It can seek, extract, and carry honey from flowers blooming over six miles away.

Game locations

Availability None This Pokémon cannot be obtained. Common Uncommon Fossil Rare Hazeport Suburb, Genisis Forest Poké Radar One

Held items

Held item(s) None This Pokémon cannot be found holding an item. Common Pecha Berry Uncommon Silver Powder Rare Energy Powder Always

Base stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100	At Lv. 150
HP: 60	120 - 167	230 - 324	340 - 481
Attack: 45	45 - 106	85 - 207	126 - 309
Defense: 50	49 - 112	94 - 218	139 - 325
Sp.Atk: 80	76 - 145	148 - 284	220 - 424
Sp.Def: 80	76 - 145	148 - 284	220 - 424
Speed: 70	67 - 134	130 - 262	193 - 391
Total: 385   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 4× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 1× None

Doubly resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 4× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 1× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 4× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 1× None

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 4× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 1× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 4× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 1× None

Doubly weak to: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 4× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 1× None

Notes: If Gravity is in effect, or this Pokémon is affected by Smack Down or Ingrain, the effectiveness of  Ground-type  moves is ½×.

Moves

By leveling up

By leveling up

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  1 Confusion Psychic Special 50 100% 25 10 Confusion Psychic Special 50 100% 25 12 Poison Powder Poison Status — 75% 35 12 Stun Spore Grass Status — 75% 30 12 Sleep Powder Grass Status — 75% 15 16 Gust Flying Special 40 100% 35 18 Supersonic Normal Status — 55% 20 22 Whirlwind Normal Status — 100% 20 24 Psybeam Psychic Special 65 100% 20 28 Silver Wind Bug Special 60 100% 5 30 Tailwind Flying Status — —% 15 34 Rage Powder Bug Status — —% 20 36 Safeguard Normal Status — —% 25 40 Captivate Normal Status — 100% 20 42 Bug Buzz Bug Special 90 100% 10 46 Quiver Dance Bug Status — —% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Butterfree Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Butterfree

By TM

By TM

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM09 Venoshock Poison Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM20 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 25 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM22 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM29 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM30 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM40 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM53 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM62 Acrobatics Flying Physical 05555 100}}100% 15 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM70 Flash Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM76 Struggle Bug Bug Special 05050 100}}100% 20 TM77 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM85 Dream Eater Psychic Special 100100 100}}100% 15 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM89 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Butterfree Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Butterfree

By tutoring

By Move Tutor

Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Cost  Air Cutter Flying Special 60 95% 25 Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100% 20 Electroweb Electric Special 55 95% 15 Giga Drain Grass Special 75 100% 10 Ominous Wind Ghost Special 60 100% 5 Roost Flying Status — —% 10 Signal Beam Bug Special 75 100% 15 Skill Swap Psychic Status — —% 10 Sleep Talk Normal Status — —% 10 Snore Normal Special 50 100% 15 String Shot Bug Status — 95% 40 Swift Normal Special 60 —% 20 Tailwind Flying Status — —% 15 Twister Dragon Special 40 100% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Butterfree Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Butterfree

Evolution

Unevolved Caterpie  Bug

Level 7 →

First evolution Metapod  Bug

Level 10 →

Second evolution Butterfree  Bug  Flying

Sprites

Front		Back
Front shiny		Back shiny
Egg sprite

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