butterfree
Butterfly Pokémon
It collects honey every day. It rubs honey onto the hairs on its legs to carry it back to its nest.
1.1 m
Height
32.0 kg
Weight
178
Base XP
45
Capture Rate
70
Base Happiness
♂ 50% ♀ 50%
Gender
Base Stats
Historical Stats
Generation I
Generation V
Abilities
Increases moves' accuracy to 1.3×.
“The Pokémon's compound eyes boost its accuracy.”
Doubles damage inflicted with not-very-effective moves.
“The Pokémon can use “not very effective” moves to deal regular damage.”
Evolution Chain
Evolves from Metapod
caterpie
#010
Breeding
Moves (87)
Level Up (17)
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Pwr | Acc | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flying | special | 40 | 100% | 35 | |
| 1 | normal | physical | 40 | 100% | 35 | |
| 1 | bug | status | — | 95% | 40 | |
| 1 | normal | status | — | — | 30 | |
| 1 | Bug BiteTM182 If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry. | bug | physical | 60 | 100% | 20 |
| 12 | Has a chance to confuse the target. | psychic | special | 50 | 100% | 25 |
| 15 | Poisons the target. | poison | status | — | 75% | 35 |
| 16 | Paralyzes the target. | grass | status | — | 75% | 30 |
| 17 | Puts the target to sleep. | grass | status | — | 75% | 15 |
| 19 | Silver WindTM62 Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | bug | special | 60 | 100% | 5 |
| 21 | Confuses the target. | normal | status | — | 55% | 20 |
| 24 | flying | special | 75 | 95% | 15 | |
| 32 | PsybeamTM16 Has a chance to confuse the target. | psychic | special | 65 | 100% | 20 |
| 36 | flying | status | — | — | 15 | |
| 37 | CaptivateTM78 Lowers the target’s Special Attack by two stages if it’s the opposite gender. All Opponents | normal | status | — | 100% | 20 |
| 40 | Redirects the target’s single-target effects to the user for this turn. User Changed in: X Y | bug | status | — | — | 20 |
| 44 | bug | status | — | — | 20 |
TM / HM (63)
Xd Purification (1)
Sprites (22)
Back default
Back female
Back shiny
Back shiny female
Front default
Front female
Front shiny
Front shiny femaleOther dream world front default
Other home front default
Other home front female
Other home front shiny
Other home front shiny female
Other official Artwork front default
Other official Artwork front shiny
Other showdown back default
Other showdown back female
Other showdown back shiny
Other showdown front default
Other showdown front female
Other showdown front shiny
Other showdown front shiny femaleCries
Latest
Legacy
Encounter Locations
Ilex Forest Area
Johto Route 34 Area
Johto Route 35 Area
Johto Route 36 Area
Johto Route 37 Area
Johto Route 38 Area
Johto Route 39 Area
Lake Of Rage Area
Johto Route 47 Area
Kanto Route 26 Area
Kanto Route 27 Area
Kanto Route 2 South Towards Viridian City
Kanto Route 24 Area
Kanto Route 25 Area
Kanto Route 2 North Towards Pewter City
Viridian Forest Area
Unova Route 12 Area
Azalea Town Area
Alola Route 5 Area
Lush Jungle North
Lush Jungle South
Lush Jungle West
Melemele Meadow Area
Cipher Key Lair 4f
Friend Safari Bug
+1 more locations
Game Appearances
Held Items
Varieties
Pokédex Numbers
#12
National
#15
Galar
#25
Kalos Central
#12
Kanto
#12
Letsgo Kanto
#10
Original Akala
#19
Original Alola
#26
Original Johto
#19
Original Melemele
#10
Updated Akala
#19
Updated Alola
#26
Updated Johto
#19
Updated Melemele
Names in Other Languages
버터플
Korean
Papilusion
French
Smettbo
German
Butterfree
Spanish
Butterfree
Italian
バタフリー
Japanese
Pal Park
Forest
Meta
#16
Order
Yes
Default Form
Generation I
Generation
White
Color