Butterfree

#011 Metapod

#012  -  Butterfree

Weedle #013

#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

Spawn Information Temporarily Unavailable

Since 17 July 2026, the public Spawn Dump Page has been temporarily disabled and will remain unavailable for an indefinite period.

Because the Pokémon Revolution Online Wiki relied on this data source, it is currently unable to display spawn locations.

For the time being, please rely on the in-game spawn information instead. Spawn information will return once a public data source becomes available again.

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	Move	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		Move	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
—		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
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
HM05		Flash	Normal	Status	—	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.
• 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
Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15
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.
• Refer 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 Shadow
2× Weak to	Fire Electric Ice Flying
1× Neutral to	Normal Water Poison Psychic Ghost Dragon Dark Steel Fairy
½× Resistant to	Bug
¼× Highly resistant to	Grass Fighting
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