Butterfree
bug
Front
Normal
Shiny
Animated
Shiny Animated
Back
Normal
Shiny
Type
Bug
Dex
#026
Growth Rate
Medium Fast
Gender Ratio
50% Male, 50% Female
Egg Groups
bug
Hatch Rate
Fast (15 cycles)
Catch Rate
45
Base Exp
160
EV Yield
None
Wild Held Items
Weak To
fire ×2electric ×2ice ×2rock ×4
Resists
grass ×0.25fighting ×0.25bug ×0.5
Immune To
ground
Evolution Chain
How to Obtain
Look for Butterfree in Route 2 South (rare) in the morning and day-time, in Ilex Forest while headbutting trees (rare), and in National Park Bug Contest while bug contest (rare), among one other area. Wild ones range from level seven to 15.
Wild Encounters (7)
Level Up Moves (13)
| Level | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ConfusionLevel: 1 | ||||||
| psychic |  | 50 | 100 | 25 | ||
| An attack that may cause confusion. | ||||||
| ConfusionLevel: 10 | ||||||
| psychic | | 50 | 100 | 25 | ||
| An attack that may cause confusion. | ||||||
| SupersonicLevel: 11 | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 55 | 20 | ||
| Sound waves that cause confusion. | ||||||
| PoisonpowderLevel: 13 | ||||||
| poison | | 0 | 75 | 35 | ||
| A move that may poison the foe. | ||||||
| Stun SporeLevel: 13 | ||||||
| grass | | 0 | 75 | 30 | ||
| A move that may paralyze the foe. | ||||||
| Sleep PowderLevel: 13 | ||||||
| grass | | 0 | 75 | 15 | ||
| May cause the foe to fall asleep. | ||||||
| GustLevel: 16 | ||||||
| 40 | 100 | 35 | |||
| Whips up a strong gust of wind. | ||||||
| WhirlwindLevel: 20 | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 20 | ||
| Blows away the foe & ends battle. | ||||||
| PsybeamLevel: 24 | ||||||
| psychic | | 65 | 100 | 20 | ||
| An attack that may confuse the foe. | ||||||
| Wing AttackLevel: 29 | ||||||
| 60 | 100 | 35 | |||
| Strikes the target with wings. | ||||||
| CharmLevel: 34 | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 20 | ||
| Sharply lowers the foe's ATTACK. | ||||||
| SafeguardLevel: 40 | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 25 | ||
| Prevents all status problems. | ||||||
| PsychicLevel: 45 | ||||||
| psychic | | 90 | 100 | 10 | ||
| An attack that may lower SP.DEF. | ||||||