Beautifly (Pokémon)

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Beautifly アゲハント Agehunt #267
Artwork from R/S/E
Type Bug Flying Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Butterfly Pokémon
Ability Swarm Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn #016 Sinnoh #050 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 3'03" Imperial 1.0 m Metric 3'03"/1.0 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 62.6 lbs. Imperial 28.4 kg Metric 62.6 lbs./28.4 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Yellow	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Bug group 16 cycles (4080 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 3 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 161 Battle Exp.: 1611*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Beautifly (Japanese: アゲハント Agehunt) is a dual-type Bug/Flying Pokémon.

It evolves from Silcoon starting at level 10. It is one of Wurmple's final forms.

Biology

Physiology

Beautifly is a mostly black-colored butterfly-like Pokémon. Beautifly has a long, curled black proboscis, large blue eyes and black antennae extending out of its head. Beautifly’s face, underside, and four stubby limbs are gray in coloration. Beautifly’s wings are large and colorful, the largest markings being yellow, with accentuations of red and blue. The rim of the wing also has a line of yellow on the edge, and the lower pair of wings has a long, round-tipped extension.

Gender differences

The red spots on a female's wings are smaller than those on a male's wings.

Special abilities

Beautifly are capable of sapping energy with Absorb, Mega Drain, and Giga Drain, restoring health with Morning Sun, and stunning their opponents with Stun Spore. It can also jab its long, thin mouth at foes when attacking, or when perturbed collecting pollen.

Behavior

Although they have a gentle appearance, Beautifly have been known to be very aggressive. It savagely attacks other Pokémon by sucking their body fluids. In forested areas such as Pokémon preserves, they can be seen flying overhead in groups.

Habitat

Beautifly live in forests and flowery fields.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Beautifly eats pollen and the bodily fluids of prey.

In the anime

Major appearances

May's Beautifly

May's Silcoon evolved into a Beautifly in Seeing is Believing. Beautifly from then on was used in many Contests by May. It made her Torchic feel very jealous and wanting to evolve. Beautifly left May's team to go to Petalburg Gym.

Aaron's Beautifly

Aaron's Wurmple was revealed to have evolved into Beautifly in A Trainer and Child Reunion!.

Other

In All Things Bright and Beautifly, Janet used a Beautifly in a Pokémon Contest.

A flock of Beautifly appeared in A Bite to Remember.

Minor appearances

Sakura also has a Beautifly, which she used to help Misty stop thieves in The Blue Badge of Courage.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Beautifly (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Diamond	Pearl	Shed Shell (5%)
Platinum

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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By breeding

None

By tutoring

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Side game data

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Evolution

Unevolved Wurmple  Bug

Level 7 →

First evolution Silcoon  Bug

Level 10 →

Second evolution Beautifly  Bug  Flying

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Beautifly images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Beautifly shares the same species name with Butterfree. They are both known as the Butterfly Pokémon.
• While Beautifly cannot learn Iron Defense itself, it can be taught it as a Silcoon before evolving. It shares this trait with Beedrill, Butterfree, Dustox, Huntail, Gorebyss and Salamence.

Origin

This Pokémon appears to be based on the swallowtail butterfly.

Name origin

Beautifly's name is a combination of the words beauty and butterfly. It could also be a play on the word beautify.

Agehunt could be a combination of 揚羽蝶 agehachō, swallowtail butterfly, and hunt.

In other languages

• German: Papinella - From papillion (butterfly).
• French: Charmillon - A combination of charme (charm) and papillon (butterfly).
• Korean: 뷰티플라이 Beautifly

Related articles

• May's Beautifly
• Aaron's Beautifly

External links

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