Butterfreein Pokémon Sour Crystal

bugflying

Pokédex Entry

Butterfly Pokémon

It flits from flower to flower, collecting honey. It can even identify distant flowers in bloom.

Front

Normal

Shiny

Animated

Shiny Animated

Back

Normal

Shiny

Type

BugFlying

Dex

#026 Johto Dex · #012 National

Growth Rate

Medium Fast

Gender Ratio

50% Male, 50% Female

Egg Groups

bug

Hatch Rate

Fast (15 cycles)

Catch Rate

Poké Ball5.3%

Great Ball7.5%

Ultra Ball8.9%

Base Exp

160

EV Yield

None

Wild Held Items

Silverpowder(5%)

Weak To

fire ×2electric ×2ice ×2flying ×2rock ×4

Resists

grass ×0.25fighting ×0.25bug ×0.5

Immune To

ground

Evolution Chain

Caterpie

Base form

→

Metapod

Level up Caterpie to Lv. 7

→

Butterfree

Level up Metapod to Lv. 10

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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	Power	Acc.	PP
1	ConfusionLevel: 1Confusion	psychic	PWR50	ACC100	PP25
1	ConfusionLevel: 1Confusion	An attack that may cause confusion.
10	ConfusionLevel: 10Confusion	psychic	PWR50	ACC100	PP25
10	ConfusionLevel: 10Confusion	An attack that may cause confusion.
11	SupersonicLevel: 11Supersonic	normal	PWR0	ACC55	PP20
11	SupersonicLevel: 11Supersonic	Sound waves that cause confusion.
13	PoisonpowderLevel: 13Poisonpowder	poison	PWR0	ACC75	PP35
13	PoisonpowderLevel: 13Poisonpowder	A move that may poison the foe.
13	Stun SporeLevel: 13Stun Spore	grass	PWR0	ACC75	PP30
13	Stun SporeLevel: 13Stun Spore	A move that may paralyze the foe.
13	Sleep PowderLevel: 13Sleep Powder	grass	PWR0	ACC75	PP15
13	Sleep PowderLevel: 13Sleep Powder	May cause the foe to fall asleep.
16	GustLevel: 16Gust	flying	PWR40	ACC100	PP35
16	GustLevel: 16Gust	Whips up a strong gust of wind.
20	WhirlwindLevel: 20Whirlwind	normal	PWR0	ACC100	PP20
20	WhirlwindLevel: 20Whirlwind	Blows away the foe & ends battle.
24	PsybeamLevel: 24Psybeam	psychic	PWR65	ACC100	PP20
24	PsybeamLevel: 24Psybeam	An attack that may confuse the foe.
29	Wing AttackLevel: 29Wing Attack	flying	PWR60	ACC100	PP35
29	Wing AttackLevel: 29Wing Attack	Strikes the target with wings.
34	CharmLevel: 34Charm	normal	PWR0	ACC100	PP20
34	CharmLevel: 34Charm	Sharply lowers the foe's ATTACK.
40	SafeguardLevel: 40Safeguard	normal	PWR0	ACC100	PP25
40	SafeguardLevel: 40Safeguard	Prevents all status problems.
45	PsychicLevel: 45Psychic	psychic	PWR90	ACC100	PP10
45	PsychicLevel: 45Psychic	An attack that may lower SP.DEF.

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Pre-evolution-only Moves (3)

These moves must be learned before evolving; Butterfree cannot learn them through its own level-up, TM/HM, tutor, egg, wild, or evolution moves.

Level	Move	Type	Power	Acc.	PP	Learned from
1	HardenLevel: 1(Metapod · Level 1)Harden	normal	PWR0	ACC100	PP30	Metapod · Level 1
1	HardenLevel: 1(Metapod · Level 1)Harden	Raises the user's DEFENSE.
1	TackleLevel: 1(Caterpie · Level 1)Tackle	normal	PWR40	ACC100	PP35	Caterpie · Level 1
1	TackleLevel: 1(Caterpie · Level 1)Tackle	A full-body charge attack.
1	String ShotLevel: 1(Caterpie · Level 1)String Shot	bug	PWR0	ACC95	PP40	Caterpie · Level 1
1	String ShotLevel: 1(Caterpie · Level 1)String Shot	A move that lowers the foe's SPEED.