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Butterfree's Type

BUG

FLYING

Butterfree's Pokédex #s

National #: 12

Galar #: 15

Armor #: --

Crown #: --

Butterfree's Base Stats

HP:: 60

Attack:: 45

Defense:: 50

Sp. Atk:: 90

Sp. Def:: 80

Speed:: 70

Total:: 395

Misc. Info

Height:: 3'7" (1.1m)

Weight:: 70.5 lbs. (32 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Bug

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,000,000

EV Yield:: 2 Sp. Atk, 1 Sp. Def

Base EXP:: 178

Catch Rate:: 45

Base Happiness:: 70

Butterfree's Abilities

Here are what abilities Butterfree can possibly have, along with their effects.

Compound Eyes: Increases the accuracy of Butterfree's moves by 30% of their original accuracy.

Tinted Lens: Butterfree does 2× as much damage when hitting with moves that are "not very effective".

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Butterfree's weakness and resistance is to various types.

4×: ROCK

2×: FIRE

ELECTRIC

ICE

FLYING

½: BUG

¼: GRASS

FIGHTING

immune: GROUND

Butterfree's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Butterfree evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Caterpie: starting form

Metapod: at level 7

Butterfree: at level 10

Butterfree's Alternate Forms

Cosmetic Forms

Gigantamax Butterfree

Gigantamax

Gender Differences

Male ♂

Female ♀

Butterfree's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Butterfree can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Butterfree learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
Evo.	Gust Does double damage against targets using Bounce, Fly, or Sky Drop.	FLYING	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Gust Does double damage against targets using Bounce, Fly, or Sky Drop.	FLYING	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Harden Raises Butterfree's Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
1	Tackle Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
1	String Shot Lowers all nearby enemies' Speed by two stages.	BUG	--	95%	40	Nearby Enemies
1	Bug Bite Does double damage if the target has a Berry and then Butterfree consumes that Berry immediately.	BUG	60	100%	20	One Target
4	Supersonic Confuses the target.	NORMAL	--	55%	20	One Target
8	Confusion Has a 10% chance of confusing the target.	PSYCHIC	50	100%	25	One Target
12	Poison Powder Poisons the target.	POISON	--	75%	35	One Target
12	Stun Spore Paralyzes the target.	GRASS	--	75%	30	One Target
12	Sleep Powder Puts the target to sleep.	GRASS	--	75%	15	One Target
16	Psybeam Has a 10% chance of confusing the target.	PSYCHIC	65	100%	20	One Target
20	Whirlwind Forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target
24	Air Slash Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	FLYING	75	95%	15	One Target
28	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
32	Bug Buzz 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	BUG	90	100%	10	One Target
36	Tailwind Doubles your whole team's Speed for the next 3 turns.	FLYING	--	--	15	User's Field
40	Rage Powder Draws attention towards Butterfree in a Double or Triple Battle, forcing the opponent's single-target moves to target it.	BUG	--	--	20	User
44	Quiver Dance Raises Butterfree's Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed by one stage.	BUG	--	--	20	User

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Butterfree can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM08	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM09	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM11	Solar Beam Charges for a turn, attacks on the second turn. No charge time in the sun; half damage in the rain.	GRASS	120	100%	10	One Target
TM19	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
TM21	Rest Butterfree restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Butterfree from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM28	Giga Drain Heals Butterfree by half the damage dealt.	GRASS	75	100%	10	One Target
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Butterfree is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM40	Swift Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	60	--	20	Nearby Enemies
TM56	U-turn Forces Butterfree to switch out after dealing damage.	BUG	70	100%	20	One Target
TM74	Venoshock Damage is doubled if the target is already poisoned.	POISON	65	100%	10	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM78	Acrobatics Damage is doubled if Butterfree has no held item when this attack hits.	FLYING	55	100%	15	One Target
TM82	Electroweb Lowers all nearby enemies' Speed by one stage.	ELECTRIC	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM87	Draining Kiss Heals Butterfree by 75% of the damage dealt to the target.	FAIRY	50	100%	10	One Target
TM95	Air Slash Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	FLYING	75	95%	15	One Target

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Butterfree can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area and other locations.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR11	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Butterfree's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Butterfree's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR29	Baton Pass Switches to another Pokémon on your team and keeps stat modifiers and effects.	NORMAL	--	--	40	User
TR33	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TR40	Skill Swap Swaps Butterfree's ability with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TR46	Iron Defense Raises Butterfree's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
TR61	Bug Buzz 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	BUG	90	100%	10	One Target
TR65	Energy Ball 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GRASS	90	100%	10	One Target
TR89	Hurricane 30% chance of confusing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	FLYING	110	70%	10	One Target
TR96	Pollen Puff If targeting an ally, heals the ally for 50% of its max HP instead of doing damage.	BUG	90	100%	15	One Target

Move Tutor Moves

Here are all of the moves that Butterfree can learn from Move Tutors. Most of these require the Expansion Pass and can be found in the Isle of Armor's Dojo, costing some Armorite Ore to teach. However, there are a few moves that can be taught aside from this.

	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target	Info
TUTOR	Dual Wingbeat Hits the target two times in a row.	FLYING		40	90%	10	One Target

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Butterfree learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
Evo.	Gust Does double damage against targets using Bounce, Fly, or Sky Drop.	FLYING	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Gust Does double damage against targets using Bounce, Fly, or Sky Drop.	FLYING	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Harden Raises Butterfree's Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
1	Tackle Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
1	String Shot Lowers all nearby enemies' Speed by two stages.	BUG	--	95%	40	Nearby Enemies
1	Bug Bite Does double damage if the target has a Berry and then Butterfree consumes that Berry immediately.	BUG	60	100%	20	One Target
4	Supersonic Confuses the target.	NORMAL	--	55%	20	One Target
8	Confusion Has a 10% chance of confusing the target.	PSYCHIC	50	100%	25	One Target
12	Poison Powder Poisons the target.	POISON	--	75%	35	One Target
12	Stun Spore Paralyzes the target.	GRASS	--	75%	30	One Target
12	Sleep Powder Puts the target to sleep.	GRASS	--	75%	15	One Target
16	Psybeam Has a 10% chance of confusing the target.	PSYCHIC	65	100%	20	One Target
20	Whirlwind Forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target
24	Air Slash Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	FLYING	75	95%	15	One Target
28	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
32	Bug Buzz 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	BUG	90	100%	10	One Target
36	Tailwind Doubles your whole team's Speed for the next 3 turns.	FLYING	--	--	15	User's Field
40	Rage Powder Draws attention towards Butterfree in a Double or Triple Battle, forcing the opponent's single-target moves to target it.	BUG	--	--	20	User
44	Quiver Dance Raises Butterfree's Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed by one stage.	BUG	--	--	20	User

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Butterfree can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM11	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM15	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM17	Protect Protects Butterfree from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM18	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM19	Giga Drain Heals Butterfree by half the damage dealt.	GRASS	75	100%	10	One Target
TM20	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
TM22	Solar Beam Charges for a turn, attacks on the second turn. No charge time in the sun; half damage in the rain.	GRASS	120	100%	10	One Target
TM29	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TM30	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TM32	Double Team Raises Butterfree's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM40	Aerial Ace Doesn't miss the target.	FLYING	60	--	20	One Target
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Butterfree is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Butterfree restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM45	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM46	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM48	Skill Swap Swaps Butterfree's ability with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TM51	Roost Heals Butterfree's HP by 50% and removes its Flying-type for the rest of the turn.	FLYING	--	--	10	User
TM53	Energy Ball 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GRASS	90	100%	10	One Target
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM62	Bug Buzz 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	BUG	90	100%	10	One Target
TM68	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM70	Flash Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
TM77	Psych Up Copies all stat modifiers on the target.	NORMAL	--	--	10	One Target
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Butterfree's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM85	Dream Eater Heals Butterfree by half the damage dealt. Fails unless foe is asleep.	PSYCHIC	100	100%	15	One Target
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM89	U-turn Forces Butterfree to switch out after dealing damage.	BUG	70	100%	20	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Butterfree's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM97	Defog Lowers the target's evasion by one stage. Removes effects on the enemy's field such as Light Screen, Reflect, etc.	FLYING	--	--	15	One Target

Butterfree's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Butterfree's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Butterfree's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Butterfree is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	230	261	293	324	60
Attack	95	126	158	189	45
Defense	105	136	168	199	50
Sp. Atk	185	216	248	279	90
Sp. Def	165	196	228	259	80
Speed	145	176	208	239	70
Total					395

Where to Find Butterfree in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

If you're looking for where to find Butterfree, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Butterfree in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Special Ways to Get Butterfree

Available in some Max Raid Dens in the Wild Area, including a rare Gigantamax-capable Butterfree.

Catchable (Gigantamax-capable) during Dynamax Adventures in Crown Tundra (DLC), level 65.

Butterfree in the Wild

Slumbering Weald

Random Encounters

Any Weather
5%			Lv. 45-47

Rolling Fields

Flying Around

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
75%	75%	25%	25%	25%	25%	25%	25%	75%
Lv. 7-10	Lv. 7-10	Lv. 7-10	Lv. 7-10	Lv. 7-10	Lv. 7-10	Lv. 7-10	Lv. 7-10	Lv. 7-10

East Lake Axewell

Flying Around

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
75%	25%	75%	75%	75%	75%	75%	75%	25%
Lv. 8-11	Lv. 8-11	Lv. 8-11	Lv. 8-11	Lv. 8-11	Lv. 8-11	Lv. 8-11	Lv. 8-11	Lv. 8-11

Giant's Mirror

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	40%	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
	Lv. 28-30

Getting Butterfree By Evolution

Evolves from Metapod at level 7.

Location information on where to find Butterfree in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Butterfree

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Sword

In battle, it flaps its wings at great speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.

Shield

It collects honey every day. It rubs honey onto the hairs on its legs to carry it back to its nest.

Generation 7 Pokédex Entries

Sun

Close examination of its large eyes reveals that each eye is composed of a myriad of tiny eyes.

Moon

When attacked by other Pokémon, it defends itself by scattering its poisonous scales and fluttering its wings.

Ultra Sun

Its wings are covered in toxic scales. If it finds bird Pokémon going after Caterpie, Butterfree sprinkles its scales on them to drive them off.

Ultra Moon

Nectar from pretty flowers is its favorite food. In fields of flowers, it has heated battles with Cutiefly for territory.

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X

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

Y

The wings are protected by rain-repellent dust. As a result, this Pokémon can fly about even in rain.

Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire

Butterfree has a superior ability to search for delicious honey from flowers. It can even search out, extract, and carry honey from flowers that are blooming over six miles from its nest.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White Black 2 White 2

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

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond Pearl Platinum

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

HeartGold

It collects honey every day. It rubs honey onto the hairs on its legs to carry it back to its nest.

SoulSilver

Water-repellent powder on its wings enables it to collect honey, even in the heaviest of rains.

Generation 3 Pokédex Entries

Ruby Sapphire

BUTTERFREE has a superior ability to search for delicious honey from flowers. It can even search out, extract, and carry honey from flowers that are blooming over six miles from its nest.

Emerald

It has a superior ability to search for delicious honey from flowers. It can seek, extract, and carry honey from flowers blooming over six miles away.

FireRed

The wings are protected by rain-repellent dust. As a result, this POKéMON can fly about even in rain.

LeafGreen

In battle, it flaps its wings at great speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.

Generation 2 Pokédex Entries

Gold

It collects honey every day. It rubs honey onto the hairs on its legs to carry it back to its nest.

Silver

Water-repellent powder on its wings enables it to collect honey, even in the heaviest of rains.

Crystal

It flits from flower to flower, collecting honey. It can even identify distant flowers in bloom.

Generation 1 Pokédex Entries

Red Blue

In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.

Yellow

Its wings, covered with poisonous powders, repel water. This allows it to fly in the rain.