Butterfree
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Names
- English: Butterfree
- Japanese: バタフリー (Butterfree)
- German: Smettbo
- French: Papilusion
Number(s)
- National: 12
- Hoenn: 214
- Johto: 26
Gender
♂ 50% - ♀ 50%
Egg Group(s)
Bug
Evolution
| Basic | Stage One | Stage Two |
|---|---|---|
 CaterpieBase form |  MetapodLevel 7 |  ButterfreeLevel 10 |
Size
- Height: 1.1 m / 3’07”
- Weight: 32.0 kg / 70.5 lbs.
Damage Taken
- Immune: Ground
- ×¼: Fighting, Grass
- ×½: Bug
- ×2: Flying, Fire, Electric, Ice
- ×4: Rock
Ability effects are not included.
Base Stats
| Stat | Rank | E.P. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | 385 | ||
| HP | 51 | 0 | |
| Attack | 64 | 0 | |
| Defense | 58 | 0 | |
| Sp.Atk | 27 | 2 | |
| Sp.Def | 31 | 1 | |
| Speed | 34 | 0 | |
Ability
- Compoundeyes
- Game's description
- The Pokémon’s accuracy is boosted.
- Battle effect
- Raises the Pokémon’s accuracy by 30%.
- Map effect
- If the Pokémon is in the lead spot, chance of encountering a wild Pokémon holding an item increases.
Wild Item
- Diamond/Pearl
- Silverpowder (5%)
Pal Park
- Area: Forest
- Points: 70
- Encounter rate: 20
Miscellaneous
- Species: Butterfly Pokémon
- Steps to hatch: 3,840
- Color: White
- Catch Rate: 45
- Base Tameness: 70
- Growth Group: Medium Fast
1,000,000 exp. points to Lv100
Location
- Diamond
- Evolve Metapod [Evolve]
- Pearl
- Evolve Metapod [Evolve]
Pokédex Flavour (description)
- Red/Blue
- In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
- Yellow
- Its wings, covered with poisonous powders, repel water. This allows it to fly in the rain.
- Gold
- It collects honey every day. It rubs honey onto the hairs on its legs to carry it back to its nest.
- Silver
- Water-repellent powder on its wings enables it to collect honey, even in the heaviest of rains.
- Crystal
- It flits from flower to flower, collecting honey. It can even identify distant flowers in bloom.
- Ruby
- BUTTERFREE has a superior ability to search for delicious honey from flowers. It can even search out, extract, and carry honey from flowers that are blooming over six miles from its nest.
- Sapphire
- BUTTERFREE has a superior ability to search for delicious honey from flowers. It can even search out, extract, and carry honey from flowers that are blooming over six miles from its nest.
- Emerald
- 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.
- Fire Red
- The wings are protected by rain-repellent dust. As a result, this POKéMON can fly about even in rain.
- Leaf Green
- In battle, it flaps its wings at great speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
- Diamond
- It loves the honey of flowers and can locate flower patches that have even tiny amounts of pollen.
- Pearl
- It loves the honey of flowers and can locate flower patches that have even tiny amounts of pollen.