Beautifly
Butterfly Pokémon
A colorful and incredibly beautiful but also greedy Pokémon. In an effort to keep its favorite food all to itself, it will chase away Combee as they try to gather nectar.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Beautifly
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Beautifly can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Air Cutter Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Flying | Special | 60 | 95 | 25 |
| 0 | Gust Inflicts regular damage and can hit Pokémon in the air. | Flying | Special | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Bug Bite If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry. | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Poison Sting Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | String Shot Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages. | Bug | Status | — | 95 | 40 |
| 6 | Iron Defense Raises the user’s Defense by two stages. | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 6 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 11 | Stun Spore Paralyzes the target. | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 |
| 12 | Absorb Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 |
| 17 | Morning Sun Heals the user by half its max HP. Affected by weather. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 18 | Silver Wind Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | Bug | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 22 | Mega Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 25 | Leech Life Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| 25 | Venoshock Inflicts double damage if the target is Poisoned. | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 27 | Attract Target falls in love if it has the opposite gender, and has a 50% chance to refuse attacking the user. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 30 | Whirlwind Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 32 | Giga Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 34 | Air Slash Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Flying | Special | 75 | 95 | 15 |
| 37 | Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 37 | Rage If the user is hit after using this move, its Attack rises by one stage. | Normal | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| 40 | Quiver Dance Raises the user’s Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed by one stage each. | Bug | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 43 | Bug Buzz Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Bug | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
Sprites & renders
18 sprites & renders for Beautifly.






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More Bug-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Beautifly”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/beautifly.
Species data from PokéAPI.