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butterfree
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Butterfree

Butterfly Pokémon

BugFlying

It loves the honey of flowers and can locate flower patches that have even tiny amounts of pollen.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 45
Defense 50
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 80
Speed 70
Total 395

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
rock 4xflying 2xfire 2xelectric 2xice 2x
Resistant to
fighting ¼xgrass ¼xbug ½x
Immune to
ground 0x

Abilities

Compound Eyes

Held Items

Silver Powder 5%

Evolution Chain

caterpie Caterpie
→
metapod Metapod Lv. 7
→
butterfree Butterfree Lv. 10

Moves

Locations

Ilex Forest
Johto Route 34
Johto Route 35
Johto Route 36
Johto Route 37
Johto Route 38
Johto Route 39
Lake Of Rage
Kanto Route 26
Kanto Route 27
Kanto Route 2 South Towards Viridian City
Kanto Route 2 North Towards Pewter City
Viridian Forest
Azalea Town

Details

Category Butterfly Pokémon
Height 1.1 m
Weight 32.0 kg
Base Exp 178
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

butterfree Front Front
butterfree Back Back
butterfree Front Shiny Front Shiny
butterfree Back Shiny Back Shiny
butterfree Front ♀ Front ♀
butterfree Back ♀ Back ♀
butterfree Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
butterfree Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
butterfree Official Art Official Art
butterfree Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

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ZUUU
Lead
Item
Focus Sash
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 248
Atk 8
Spe 252

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc