Butterfly Pokémon
Butterfree
It loves the nectar of flowers and can locate flower patches that have even tiny amounts of pollen.
Pokedex entry: Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl
- Height
- 1.1 m
- Weight
- 32 kg
STATS, TYPING & ABILITIES
Current base stats for this form.
BASE STATS
TYPE DEFENSES
Base typing · Current reference
ABILITIES
Compound Eyes
Increases moves' accuracy to 1.3×.
Current reference
Other Pokemon with this ability (12)
Across games and forms
- Blipbug
- Butterfree Gmax
- Dottler
- DustoxHidden
- Galvantula
- Joltik
- Nincada
- Rellor
- Scatterbug
- Venonat
- Vivillon
- Yanma
No matching Pokemon.
Tinted Lens
Hidden abilityDoubles damage inflicted with not-very-effective moves.
Current reference
EVOLUTION
Evolution requirements and regional outcomes can differ by game. Mega and Gigantamax forms appear in the forms menu.
- Level up; level 7 or higher
- Level up; level 10 or higher
Forms and special variants (1)
Select a form to view its data.
Butterfree moves
Viewing Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl. Select a move for details.
Learn methods: Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl · Move values: selected-game source where available; effect text remains a general reference.
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Level-up moves 18
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Additional TM / HM moves 27
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| TM70 | Details on tap | |||||
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| TM77 | Details on tap | |||||
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| TM44 | Details on tap | |||||
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| TM82 | Details on tap | |||||
| TM22 | Details on tap | |||||
| TM90 | Details on tap | |||||
| TM11 | Details on tap | |||||
| TM87 | Details on tap | |||||
| TM46 | Details on tap | |||||
| TM89 | Details on tap | |||||
Butterfree IN CHAMPIONS
Battle data and team building
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HOW TO GET Butterfree
Locations and other ways to obtain this Pokémon in Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl.
Evolve Metapod
Brilliant Diamond- Level up; level 10 or higher
Trade from Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
Shining PearlPlayer trade
Training & reference
Species reference values. Mechanics can differ between games.
- Base experience
- 178
- EV yield
- 2 Special Attack, 1 Special Defense
- Catch rate
- 45
- Base friendship
- 70
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Egg groups
- Bug
- Gender ratio
- 50% male / 50% female
- Egg cycles
- 15
Regional Pokedex numbers
| Region or game | Number |
|---|---|
| National | #12 |
| Kanto | #12 |
| Original Johto | #26 |
| Updated Johto | #26 |
| Kalos Central | #25 |
| Original Alola | #19 |
| Original Melemele | #19 |
| Original Akala | #10 |
| Updated Alola | #19 |
| Updated Melemele | #19 |
| Updated Akala | #10 |
| Letsgo Kanto | #12 |
| Galar | #15 |
FROM THE GAME HAUS
Butterfree Coverage
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