Butterfree
#12 in the Red and Blue Pokédex • Butterfly Pokémon
Pokémon Red
In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
Pokémon Blue
In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
Pokédexes
Kanto #12
Egg Group
Bug
Steps to Hatch
3,840
Effort Values Yielded
2 SpA, 2 SpD
Gender Ratio
50% male / 50% female
Capture Rate
45
Base Experience
178
| Pokémon | Requires | Evolution |
|---|---|---|
 Caterpie #10 | Level 7 |  Metapod #11 |
Metapod #11 | Level 10 |  Butterfree #12 |
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Confusion |  |  Special | 50 | 100 | 25 | |
| 12 | Confusion | | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 | |
| 15 | Poison Powder |  |  Status | - | 75 | 35 | |
| 16 | Stun Spore |  | Status | - | 75 | 30 | |
| 17 | Sleep Powder | | Status | - | 75 | 15 | |
| 21 | Supersonic |  | Status | - | 55 | 20 | |
| 26 | Whirlwind | | Status | - | 85 | 20 | |
| 32 | Psybeam | | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM02 | Razor Wind | | Special | 80 | 75 | 10 | |
| TM04 | Whirlwind | | Status | - | 85 | 20 | |
| TM06 | Toxic | | Status | - | 85 | 10 | |
| TM09 | Take Down | |  Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 | |
| TM10 | Double-Edge | | Physical | 100 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 | |
| TM20 | Rage | | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM21 | Mega Drain | | Special | 40 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM22 | Solar Beam | | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM29 | Psychic | | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM30 | Teleport | | Status | - | - | 20 | |
| TM31 | Mimic | | Status | - | - | 10 | |
| TM32 | Double Team | | Status | - | - | 15 | |
| TM33 | Reflect | | Status | - | - | 20 | |
| TM34 | Bide | | Physical | - | - | 10 | |
| TM39 | Swift | | Special | 60 | - | 20 | |
| TM44 | Rest | | Status | - | - | 5 | |
| TM46 | Psywave | | Special | - | 80 | 15 | |
| TM50 | Substitute | | Status | - | - | 10 |