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Butterfree
バタフリー Butterfree
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Artwork from FR/LG
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Height
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0.0 m
Metric
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Red-Striped
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Blue-Striped
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EV yield
HP
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Atk
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Def
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Sp.Atk
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Sp.Def
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Speed
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| Base Exp.: 160
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Battle Exp.: 1601*
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| External links
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Butterfree (Japanese: バタフリー Butterfree) is a Bug/Flying-type Pokémon.
Pokédex entries
- Pokémon Red and Blue
- In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed, releasing highly toxic dust into the air.
- Pokémon Yellow
- Its wings, covered with poisonous powders, repel water. This allows it to fly in the rain.
- Pokémon Stadium
- Its wings are covered with poisonous dust. If you see one flapping its wings, be careful not to inhale any of the dust.
- Pokémon Gold / Pokémon Stadium 2
- It collects honey every day. It rubs honey onto the hairs on its legs to carry it back to its nest.
- Pokémon Silver
- Water-repellent powder on its wings enables it to collect honey, even in the heaviest of rains.
- Pokémon Crystal
- It flits from flower to flower, collecting honey. It can even identify distant flowers in bloom.
- Pokémon Ruby and 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.
- Pokémon 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.
- Pokémon FireRed
- The wings are protected by a rain-repellent dust. As a result, this pokémon can fly about even in rain.
- Pokémon LeafGreen
- In battle, it flaps its wings at great speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
Name origin
Butterfree's name is a combination of butterfly and free, possibly referring to its ability to fly after being grounded for two evolutionary stages.
Its design appears to be based upon a common butterfly.
Base stats
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Range
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| At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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60
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120 - 167
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230 - 324
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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Total: 385
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 80.
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Type effectiveness
RBY
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation I, this Pokémon is:
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Later versions
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In the anime
Ash Ketchum had a Butterfree that he had caught as a Caterpie, which was the first Pokémon he ever caught.
Learnset
Butterfree is capable of learning the following moves (from its evolution onwards):
NOTE: Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.
Special Moves
In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Butterfree knows Shadow Mist and Shadow Rush as a Shadow Pokémon, and learns Morning Sun after being purified.
Evolution
In other languages
- German: Smettbo
- French: Papilusion
- Korean: 버터플 Beoteopeul
- Chinese (Taiwan): 巴大蝴 Ba Dái Hú
- Chinese (Hong Kong): 巴他蝶 Ba Ta Díe
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