Butterfree

Normal

Shiny

Bug

Flying

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.

Pokédex #

012

Species

Butterfly

Height

3'07"

Weight

70.5 lbs

Base Exp

160

Catch Rate

Gender

50% male / 50% female

Egg Hatch

About 3,840 steps (15 cycles)

Egg Groups

Bug / Bug

Growth Rate

Medium Fast (1,000,000 total XP)

Base Stats

Total

385

HP 60

Attack 45

Defense 50

Sp. Atk 80

Sp. Def 80

Speed 70

Stats at a Glance

Pick a level to compare a wild catch, a trainer's version, and a fully raised one.

Level

Lv 1 Lv 50 Lv 100

Situation	HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Wild catch A newly encountered one at this level.	120-135	50-65	55-70	85-100	85-100	75-90
Trainer team What enemy teams usually bring.	128	59	63	93	93	83
Fully raised A strong end-of-journey version.	167	97	102	132	132	122

How To Get It

0 wild locations

0 special ways

Wild

Not found in the wild in Pokemon Ruby Version.

Held by wild Pokémon

Wild encounters can sometimes carry these items.

1 item

Silverpowder

Rare wild held item.

Fishing

Odds shown per cast.

This Pokémon is not found by fishing in Pokemon Ruby Version.

Special Ways

Trades, gifts, starters, prizes, and one-off encounters.

No special way to get this Pokémon is listed in this game.

Type Matchups

Weaknesses

Rock x4

Flying x2

Fire x2

Electric x2

Ice x2

Resistances

Fighting x0.25

Grass x0.25

Bug x0.5

Immunities

Ground

Evolution Chain

3 stages ending at Butterfree.

3 stages

1

Caterpie

#010
2

Metapod

#011

Level 7
3

Butterfree

#012

Level 10

Caterpie

#010

→

Level 7

Metapod

#011

→

Level 10

Butterfree

#012

Learnset

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP	Slot
Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100%	25	Slot 1

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Lv 10	Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100%	25
Lv 13	Poisonpowder	Poison	Status	0	75%	35
Lv 14	Stun Spore	Grass	Status	0	75%	30
Lv 15	Sleep Powder	Grass	Status	0	75%	15
Lv 18	Supersonic	Normal	Status	0	55%	20
Lv 23	Whirlwind	Normal	Status	0	100%	20
Lv 28	Gust	Flying	Physical	40	100%	35
Lv 34	Psybeam	Psychic	Special	65	100%	20
Lv 40	Safeguard	Normal	Status	0	—	25
Lv 47	Silver Wind	Bug	Physical	60	100%	5

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP	How to get it
No egg moves are listed for this Pokémon in Pokemon Ruby Version.

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP	Machine
Toxic	Poison	Status	0	85%	10	TM06 (Toxic)
Hidden Power	Normal	Physical	1	100%	15	TM10 (Hidden Power)
Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0	—	5	TM11 (Sunny Day)
Hyper Beam	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5	TM15 (Hyper Beam)
Protect	Normal	Status	0	—	10	TM17 (Protect)
Rain Dance	Water	Status	0	—	5	TM18 (Rain Dance)
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	60	100%	5	TM19 (Giga Drain)
Safeguard	Normal	Status	0	—	25	TM20 (Safeguard)
Frustration	Normal	Physical	1	100%	20	TM21 (Frustration)
Solarbeam	Grass	Special	120	100%	10	TM22 (Solarbeam)
Return	Normal	Physical	1	100%	20	TM27 (Return)
Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10	TM29 (Psychic)
Shadow Ball	Ghost	Physical	80	100%	15	TM30 (Shadow Ball)
Double Team	Normal	Status	0	—	15	TM32 (Double Team)
Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20	TM40 (Aerial Ace)
Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	TM42 (Facade)
Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	TM43 (Secret Power)
Rest	Psychic	Status	0	—	10	TM44 (Rest)
Attract	Normal	Status	0	100%	15	TM45 (Attract)
Thief	Dark	Physical	40	100%	10	TM46 (Thief)
Skill Swap	Psychic	Status	0	100%	10	TM48 (Skill Swap)
Flash	Normal	Status	0	70%	20	HM05 (Flash)