Beautifly is a butterfly-like Pokémon with two pairs of wings. It has large blue eyes and black antennae with rounded tips. Its face, underside, and four stubby limbs are gray, while the rest of its body is black. The main body of its wings is balck with large, yellow markings, and smaller red and blue markings. The upper pair of wings is larger and has a line of yellow along the top edge, while each of the lower wings have a long, round-tipped extension on the bottom. The female's wings have smaller red spots than the male. Beautifly has long and curled black proboscis that it uses to drain body fluids from its prey. Additionally, this aggressive Pokémon will jab at foes with its proboscis if it is disturbed while collecting pollen. Beautifly lives in forests.
In the main series
Major appearances
May's Silcoon evolved into a Beautifly in Seeing is Believing. From then on, Beautifly was used in many Pokémon Contests during May's Hoenn journey. In fact, Beautifly was called upon so often that May's Torchic began to feel jealous of it. Beautifly was eventually left at the Petalburg Gym after May competed in the Hoenn Grand Festival. It briefly rejoined May's team in The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!, and again to participate in the Wallace Cup during the Diamond & Pearl series.
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 her Beautifly in the Rustboro City Pokémon Contest. It was able to advance to the Battle Stage and reach the final round, where it went up against Chaz's Venomoth. It managed to win the battle, earning Janet the Rustboro Ribbon. This Beautifly inspired May to become a Coordinator and to catch her own Wurmple.
Sakura has a Beautifly, which she used to help Misty stop the thieves in The Blue Badge of Courage.
A Beautifly appeared in Arceus and the Jewel of Life, under the ownership of Kiko. It was used in a Tag Battle against Ash's Pikachu and Dawn's Piplup alongside Kato's Heracross.
Minor appearances
Beautifly debuted in Get the Show on the Road!.
A flock of Beautifly appeared in A Bite to Remember.
Two Beautifly appeared in the opening sequence of Jirachi: Wish Maker.
A Coordinator's Beautifly appeared in What I Did for Love!.
A Coordinator's Beautifly appeared in Mounting a Coordinator Assault!, where it was seen participating in the Performance Stage of the Jubilife Contest.
Multiple Beautifly appeared in The Rise of Darkrai.
Multiple Beautifly appeared in Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
A group of Beautifly appeared in Genesect and the Legend Awakened, where they were among the many Pokémon residing at Pokémon Hills.
Pokédex entries
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AG013
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Beautifly
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Ash's Pokédex
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Beautifly, the Butterfly Pokémon. Beautifly have long, thin noses which can extend to suck the pollen out of flowers.
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AG028
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Beautifly
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May's Pokédex
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Beautifly, the Butterfly Pokémon. Beautifly is the evolved form of Silcoon. It loves sweet pollen and riding the spring breeze from flower to flower.
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Episode
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Pokémon
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Entry
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DP076
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Beautifly
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Beautifly, the Butterfly Pokémon, and the evolved form of Silcoon. When flowers are in bloom, Beautifly fly about gathering pollen.
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In Pokémon Generations
A wild Beautifly appeared in The Cavern, where it was flying away from a storm that a Primal Kyogre was creating.