Butterfree
#12 in the FireRed and LeafGreen Pokédex • Butterfly Pokémon
FireRed
The wings are protected by rain-repellent dust. As a result, this Pokémon can fly about even in rain.
LeafGreen
In battle, it flaps its wings at great speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
Egg Group
Steps to Hatch
Effort Values Yielded
Gender Ratio
Capture Rate
Base Experience
| Pokémon | Requires | Evolution |
|---|---|---|
![]() Caterpie #10 | Level 7 | ![]() Metapod #11 |
![]() Metapod #11 | Level 10 | ![]() Butterfree #12 |

Normal

Shiny
Butterfree
Butterfly Pokémon


HP
60
Attack
45
Defense
50
Sp. Atk
90
Sp. Def
80
Speed
70
Total
395
Type Chart
Weaknesses
Takes 4× from

Takes 2× from




Resistances
Takes 0× from

Takes 0.25× from


Takes 0.5× from

| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Confusion | ![]() | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 | A weak telekinetic attack that may also leave the foe confused. |
| 10 | Confusion | ![]() | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 | A weak telekinetic attack that may also leave the foe confused. |
| 13 | Poison Powder | ![]() | Status | - | 75 | 35 | A cloud of toxic dust is scattered. It may poison the foe. |
| 14 | Stun Spore | ![]() | Status | - | 75 | 30 | Paralyzing dust is scattered wildly. It may paralyze the foe. |
| 15 | Sleep Powder | ![]() | Status | - | 75 | 15 | A sleep-inducing dust is scattered in high volume around a foe. |
| 18 | Supersonic | ![]() | Status | - | 55 | 20 | The user generates odd sound waves. It may confuse the foe. |
| 23 | Whirlwind | ![]() | Status | - | 100 | 20 | The foe is made to switch out with an ally. In the wild, the battle ends. |
| 28 | Gust | ![]() | Special | 40 | 100 | 35 | Strikes the foe with a gust of wind whipped up by wings. |
| 34 | Psybeam | ![]() | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 | A peculiar ray is shot at the foe. It may leave the foe confused. |
| 40 | Safeguard | ![]() | Status | - | - | 25 | It protects the user’s party from all status problems for five turns. |
| 47 | Silver Wind | ![]() | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 | The foe is attacked with a silver dust. It may raise all the user’s stats. |
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HM05 | Flash | ![]() | Status | - | 70 | 20 | A blast of light that cuts the foe’s accuracy. It also illuminates caves. |
| TM06 | Toxic | ![]() | Status | - | 85 | 10 | A move that badly poisons the foe. Its poison damage worsens every turn. |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | ![]() | Special | 1 | 100 | 15 | An attack that varies in type and intensity depending on the user. |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | ![]() | Status | - | - | 5 | The sun blazes for five turns, powering up FIRE-type moves. |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | ![]() | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 | A severely damaging attack that makes the user rest on the next turn. |
| TM17 | Protect | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | Enables the user to evade all attacks. It may fail if used in succession. |
| TM18 | Rain Dance | ![]() | Status | - | - | 5 | A heavy rain falls for five turns, powering up WATER- type moves. |
| TM19 | Giga Drain | ![]() | Special | 75 | 100 | 5 | A harsh attack that absorbs half the damage it inflicted to restore HP. |
| TM20 | Safeguard | ![]() | Status | - | - | 25 | It protects the user’s party from all status problems for five turns. |
| TM21 | Frustration | ![]() | Physical | - | 100 | 20 | This attack move grows more powerful the less the user likes its TRAINER. |
| TM22 | Solar Beam | ![]() | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 | A 2-turn move that blasts the foe with absorbed energy in the 2nd turn. |
| TM27 | Return | ![]() | Physical | - | 100 | 20 | This attack move grows more powerful the more the user likes its TRAINER. |
| TM29 | Psychic | ![]() | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | A strong telekinetic attack. It may also lower the foe’s SP. DEF stat. |
| TM30 | Shadow Ball | ![]() | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 | A shadowy blob is hurled at the foe. May also lower the foe’s SP. DEF. |
| TM32 | Double Team | ![]() | Status | - | - | 15 | The user creates illusory copies of itself to raise its evasiveness. |
| TM40 | Aerial Ace | ![]() | Physical | 60 | - | 20 | An extremely fast attack against one target. It can’t be evaded. |
| TM42 | Facade | ![]() | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | An attack that is boosted if user is burned, poisoned, or paralyzed. |
| TM43 | Secret Power | ![]() | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | An attack that may have an additional effect that varies with the terrain. |
| TM44 | Rest | ![]() | Status | - | - | 5 | The user sleeps for two turns to fully restore HP and heal any status problem. |
| TM45 | Attract | ![]() | Status | - | 100 | 15 | If it is the other gender, the foe is made infatuated and unlikely to attack. |
| TM46 | Thief | ![]() | Physical | 40 | 100 | 10 | An attack that may take the foe’s held item if the user isn’t holding one. |
| TM48 | Skill Swap | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | The user employs its psychic power to swap abilities with the foe. |
| Class | Description | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double-Edge | ![]() | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 | A reckless, life- risking tackle that also hurts the user a little. |
| Dream Eater | ![]() | Special | 100 | 100 | 15 | Absorbs half the damage it inflicted on a sleeping foe to restore HP. |
| Mimic | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | The user copies the move last used by the foe for the rest of the battle. |
| Substitute | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | The user creates a decoy using one- quarter of its full HP. |
Compound Eyes
Raises accuracy.
Increases moves' accuracy to 1.3×.























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