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Butterfree

Butterfly Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Butterfree

Butterfree (shiny)

Height: 1.1 m
Weight: 32.0 kg

Alternate forms (2)

Butterfree Gmax Butterfree

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time15 cycles · ~4,080 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP178

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

In Pokémon GO · 1827 max CP 6 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

HP

60

Attack

45

Defense

50

Sp. Atk

90

Sp. Def

80

Speed

70

Total

395

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Increases moves' accuracy to 1.3×.

Tinted LensHidden

Doubles damage inflicted with not-very-effective moves.

Egg groups: Bug

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ice2×

Resistant to

Bug½×

Immune to

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Quiver Dance

ZU

Moves

Item

Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots

NatureTimid+Spe/−Atk

EV spread

Def4

SpA252

Spe▲252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Butterfree

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Gold

Azalea Town Ilex Forest Lake of Rage Route 2 Route 26 Route 27 Route 34 Route 35 Route 36 Route 37 Route 38 Route 39

Crystal

Ilex Forest Route 2 Route 24 Route 25

XD: Gale of Darkness

Cipher Key Lair

HeartGold

Ilex Forest National Park Route 2 Route 47 Viridian Forest

SoulSilver

White

White 2

Pinwheel Forest

X

Y

Sun

Lush Jungle Melemele Meadow Route 5

Moon

Lush Jungle Melemele Meadow Route 5

Ultra Sun

Lush Jungle Melemele Meadow Route 5

Ultra Moon

Lush Jungle Melemele Meadow Route 5

Let's Go Pikachu

Viridian Forest

Sword

Bridge Field Dappled Grove East Lake Axewell Giant's Cap Giant's Mirror Hammerlocke Hills Max Dens in the Galar Wild Area Rolling Fields Slumbering Weald South Lake Miloch

Shield

Bridge Field Dappled Grove East Lake Axewell Giant's Cap Giant's Mirror Hammerlocke Hills Max Dens in the Galar Wild Area Rolling Fields Slumbering Weald South Lake Miloch

Crown Tundra (Sword)

Ballimere Lake Crown Shrine Giant's Foot Max Lair Slippery Slope

Crown Tundra (Shield)

Ballimere Lake Crown Shrine Giant's Foot Max Lair Slippery Slope

Evolution

Caterpie

Lv. 7

Metapod

Lv. 10

Butterfree

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Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Butterfree can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Pollen PuffSTAB

Moves

Find a move20 of 20

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
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	Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target.	Psychic	Special	50	100	25
1	Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
1	String Shot Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages.	Bug	Status	—	95	40
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
15	Poison Powder Poisons the target.	Poison	Status	—	75	35
16	Stun Spore Paralyzes the target.	Grass	Status	—	75	30
17	Sleep Powder Puts the target to sleep.	Grass	Status	—	75	15
19	Silver Wind Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage.	Bug	Special	60	100	5
21	Supersonic Confuses the target.	Normal	Status	—	55	20
24	Air Slash Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Flying	Special	75	95	15
26	Whirlwind Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
28	Safeguard Protects the user’s field from major status ailments and confusion for five turns.	Normal	Status	—	—	25
32	Bug Buzz Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Bug	Special	90	100	10
32	Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target.	Psychic	Special	65	100	20
36	Tailwind For three turns, friendly Pokémon have doubled Speed.	Flying	Status	—	—	15
37	Captivate Lowers the target’s Special Attack by two stages if it’s the opposite gender.	Normal	Status	—	100	20
40	Rage Powder Redirects the target’s single-target effects to the user for this turn.	Bug	Status	—	—	20
44	Quiver Dance Raises the user’s Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed by one stage each.	Bug	Status	—	—	20

Sprites & renders

29 sprites & renders for Butterfree.

Official artwork

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Cite this page

“Butterfree”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/butterfree.

Species data from PokéAPI.