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
Ilex Forest	10-14	Morning	Day			Common
Mt. Crumpit	25-31	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
—	Gust	Flying	Special	40	100	35
—	Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100	25
11	Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100	25
13	Poison Powder	Poison	Status	—	75	35
13	Stun Spore	Grass	Status	—	75	30
13	Sleep Powder	Grass	Status	—	75	15
17	Psybeam	Psychic	Special	65	100	20
19	Silver Wind	Bug	Special	60	100	5
23	Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55	20
25	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—	25
29	Whirlwind	Normal	Status	—	—	20
31	Bug Buzz	Bug	Special	90	100	10
35	Rage Powder	Bug	Status	—	—	20
37	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
41	Tailwind	Flying	Status	—	—	30
43	Air Slash	Flying	Special	75	95	15
47	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.

On-Evolution Moves

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Gust	Flying	Special	40	100	35
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.

Pre-Evolution Moves

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
String Shot	Bug	Status	—	95	40
Tackle	Normal	Physical	50	100	35
Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100	20
Harden	Normal	Status	—	—	30
Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15
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.

TMs and HMs

TM		Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
	TM02	Razor Wind	Normal	Special	80	100	10
	TM04	Whirlwind	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
	TM09	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
	TM21	Mega Drain	Grass	Special	40	100	15
	TM22	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100	10
	TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100	10
	TM30	Teleport	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
	TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
	TM34	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
	TM39	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
	TM42	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100	15
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM46	Psywave	Psychic	Special	—	80	15
	TM50	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
	TM51	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM61	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
	TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM68	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
	TM69	Roost	Flying	Status	—	—	10
	TM77	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
	TM80	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
	TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM96	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
	TM130	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM139	U-turn	Bug	Physical	70	100	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.

TM Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Acrobatics	Flying	Physical	55	100	15
Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
Defog	Flying	Status	—	—	15
Energy Ball	Grass	Special	90	100	10
Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
Infestation	Bug	Special	20	100	20
Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—	10
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.

Move Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100	20
Defog	Flying	Status	—	—	15
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10
Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special	60	100	5
Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100	15
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
Tailwind	Flying	Status	—	—	30
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:
2×  Weak to	1×  Neutral to	½×  Resistant to	0×  Immune to
Electric Fire Flying Ice Rock	Dark Dragon Fairy Ghost Normal Poison Psychic Steel Water	Bug Fighting Grass	Ground
All darkened weakness types have a 4x weakness due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type weaknesses. All darkened resistance types have a 1⁄4x resistance due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type resistances.

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

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  Shiny Butterfree
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  Pink Butterfree

External Links

• Butterfree's Bulbapedia
• Butterfree's Serebii