Butterfree

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#012    Butterfree

Type(s)

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 7, thereby reaching the final stage of Caterpie‘s evolutionary line.

Obtainability

Wild

Location Levels Times Held Item Rarity Tier
Bug Catching Area 15-19 Morning Day Night SilverPowder Uncommon
Kalijodo Path 36-40 Morning Day Night Uncommon
Route 2 5-7 Morning Uncommon
Viridian Forest 4-8 Morning SilverPowder Uncommon
Vulcan Forest 36-40 Morning Day Night Uncommon
  • Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly members-accessible
  • 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
TM2 Razor Wind Normal Special 80 100 10
TM4 Whirlwind Normal Status — — 20
TM6 Toxic Poison Status — 90 10
TM9 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.

Leveling Chart

This is a tabulated leveling chart of the amount of experience required to advance per level.

Level XP Level-Up Differential
1 128 13
2 140 12
3 202 62
4 359 157
5 661 302
6 1155 494
7 1889 734
8 2912 1023
9 4271 1359
10 6015 1744
11 8191 2176
12 10847 2656
13 14031 3184
14 17793 3762
15 22178 4385
16 27237 5059
17 33015 5778
18 39563 6548
19 46927 7364
20 55156 8229
21 64298 9142
22 74400 10102
23 85511 11111
24 97680 12169
25 110953 13273
26 125379 14426
27 141007 15628
28 157884 16877
29 176058 18174
30 195578 19520
31 216491 20913
32 238846 22355
33 262691 23845
34 288074 25383
35 315044 26970
36 343648 28604
37 373934 30286
38 405951 32017
39 439748 33797
40 475371 35623
41 512871 37500
42 552295 39424
43 593691 41396
44 637108 43417
45 682595 45487
46 730200 47605
47 779971 49771
48 831958 51987
49 886209 54251
50 942774 56565
51 1001700 58926
52 1063037 61337
53 1126835 63798
54 1193143 66308
55 1262011 68868
56 1333489 71478
57 1407626 74137
58 1484474 76848
59 1564084 79610
60 1646506 82422
61 1731794 85288
62 1819999 88205
63 1911174 91175
64 2005376 94202
65 2102657 97281
66 2203077 100420
67 2306693 103616
68 2413565 106872
69 2523757 110192
70 2637335 113578
71 2754368 117033
72 2874930 120562
73 2999103 124173
74 3126973 127870
75 3258638 131665
76 3394208 135570
77 3533805 139597
78 3677576 143771
79 3825692 148116
80 3978358 152666
81 4135829 157471
82 4298422 162593
83 4466541 168119
84 4640712 174171
85 4821632 180920
86 5010240 188608
87 5207833 197593
88 5416233 208400
89 5638058 221825
90 5877155 239097
91 6139328 262173
92 6433568 294240
93 6774249 340681
94 7185168 410919
95 7707337 522169
96 8414848 707511
97 9449246 1034398
98 11099841 1650595
99 14009536 2909695
100 19767392 5757856

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

  • Original counterpart

  • Shiny Butterfree

  • Pink Butterfree

External Links

  • Butterfree’s Bulbapedia
  • Butterfree’s Serebii