Butterfree

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#012	Butterfree
Types Bug Flying	Generation   I
Abilities Ability 1 Compound Eyes Hidden Ability Tinted Lens
Rarity Tier   Uncommon	Catch rate   45/255 (5.88%)
Base stats HP 60 Atk 45 Def 50 Sp.Atk 80 Sp.Def 80 Spd 70 Base-stat total: 385
EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 2 Sp.Def 1 Spd 0 EV-yield total: 3
Base Experience   160	Gender Ratio     50%     50%
Height   1.1m	Weight   32kg

Butterfree is a Bug- and Flying-type Pokémon.

As a part of one of the earliest-evolvable level-designated evolutionary lines, Butterfree evolves from Metapod at level 10, thereby reaching the final stage of Caterpie's evolutionary line.

Obtainability

Land

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Cryofrost Path	26-31	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Ilex Forest	10-14	Morning	Day			Common
Mt. Crumpit	27-27	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Polar City	25-30	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Safari Area 1	34-38	Morning				Common
Viridian Forest	5-7	Morning		Night		Common
Pink-colored areas denote that this spawn is membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Headbutt Trees

Location	Levels	Rarity Tier
Route 3	5-12	Rare
Pink denotes a Membership requirement for the area or spawn.

Moves

Level-up

Level	Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
0	Gust	Flying	Special	40	100	35
1	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100	20
1	Gust	Flying	Special	40	100	35
1	Harden	Normal	Status	—	—	30
1	String Shot	Bug	Status	—	95	40
1	Tackle	Normal	Physical	50	100	35
4	Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55	20
8	Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100	25
12	Poison Powder	Poison	Status	—	75	35
12	Sleep Powder	Grass	Status	—	75	15
12	Stun Spore	Grass	Status	—	75	30
16	Psybeam	Psychic	Special	65	100	20
19	Silver Wind	Bug	Special	60	100	5
20	Whirlwind	Normal	Status	—	—	20
24	Air Slash	Flying	Special	75	95	15
28	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—	25
32	Bug Buzz	Bug	Special	90	100	10
36	Tailwind	Flying	Status	—	—	30
37	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
40	Rage Powder	Bug	Status	—	—	20
44	Quiver Dance	Bug	Status	—	—	20
Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

TMs and HMs

TM		Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
	TM95	Acrobatics	Flying	Physical	55	100	15
	TM94	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
	TM193	Air Slash	Flying	Special	75	95	15
	TM93	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
	TM312	Baton Pass	Normal	Status	—	—	40
	TM34	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
	TM320	Bug Buzz	Bug	Special	90	100	10
	TM79	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
	TM330	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM77	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
	TM00	Defog	Flying	Status	—	—	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
	TM10	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
	TM188	Draining Kiss	Fairy	Special	50	100	10
	TM42	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100	15
	TM242	Electroweb	Electric	Special	55	95	15
	TM51	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM03	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	90	100	10
	TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	HM05	Flash	Normal	Status	—	100	20
	TM131	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM101	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10
	TM146	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
	TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM319	Hurricane	Flying	Special	110	70	10
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
	TM161	Infestation	Bug	Special	20	100	20
	TM299	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15
	TM21	Mega Drain	Grass	Special	40	100	15
	TM31	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM136	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
	TM112	Nightmare	Ghost	Status	—	100	15
	TM311	Pollen Puff	Bug	Special	90	100	15
	TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM113	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100	10
	TM46	Psywave	Psychic	Special	—	80	15
	TM20	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	20
	TM68	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
	TM02	Razor Wind	Normal	Special	80	100	10
	TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM130	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM69	Roost	Flying	Status	—	—	10
	TM270	Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM118	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—	25
	TM133	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM80	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
	TM119	Silver Wind	Bug	Special	60	100	5
	TM132	Skill Swap	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM121	Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
	TM22	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100	10
	TM175	Struggle Bug	Bug	Special	50	100	20
	TM50	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
	TM61	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
	TM124	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
	TM125	Sweet Scent	Normal	Status	—	100	20
	TM39	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
	TM09	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
	TM30	Teleport	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
	TM96	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
	TM139	U-turn	Bug	Physical	70	100	20
	TM158	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100	10
	TM04	Whirlwind	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move's obtainability.

Move Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Air Cutter	Flying	Special	60	95	25
Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100	20
Defog	Flying	Status	—	—	15
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100	15
Dual Wingbeat	Flying	Physical	40	90	10
Electroweb	Electric	Special	55	95	15
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Nightmare	Ghost	Status	—	100	15
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
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
Tailwind	Flying	Status	—	—	30
Twister	Dragon	Special	40	100	20
Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
4× Super-weak to	Rock
2× Weak to	Electric Fire Flying Ice
1× Neutral to	Dark Dragon Fairy Ghost Normal Poison Psychic Steel Water
½× Resistant to	Bug
0× Immune to	Ground

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

• 
  Shiny Butterfree
• 
  Pink Butterfree
• 
  Christmas Butterfree
• 
  Christmas Gigantamax Butterfree

External Links

• Butterfree's Bulbapedia
• Butterfree's Serebii