Batterfly

Dragon Quest monster Batterfly

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese じんめんちょう Romaji Jinmenchō First appearance Dragon Quest III Old localization Masked Moth
Butterfly

The Batterfly is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. First introduced in Dragon Quest III, it is a monstrous butterfly with a cartoonish dog-like face with sharp fangs in the center of its body.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Batterfly (じんめんちょう Jinmenchō)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		3	12	12
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
11	7	8	6	4

Bestiary No.	#005
Spell(s)	Dazzle
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Dreamer's Tower Path of Promise Khoryv
Item Dropped	Chimaera Wing1⁄64

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
1⁄64	0%	0%	0%
Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance
0%	25%	0%	0%
Poof Resistance	Fuddle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Dazzle Resistance
25%	0%	25%	0%
Fizzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Deceleratle Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Batterfly (じんめんちょう Jinmenchō)

Remake exclusive (3DS)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	12	5	11	7
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
8	14	6	1⁄64

Bestiary No.	DLC #048
Spell(s)	Dazzle
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Tough Guy's Trial
Item(s) Dropped	Chimaera wing1⁄64

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
1⁄64	0%	0%	0%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
0%	0%	15%	0%
Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
80%	0%	50%	0%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance
15%	0%	15%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Batterfly (じんめんちょう Jinmenchō)

Model	HP	MP	Attack
	14	5	14
Defence	Agility	Experience	Gold
12	9	7	12

Bestiary no.	#005
Family	Bug
In-game description	Beastly butterflies who disrupt their enemies with Dazzle, then dash off at the first sign of trouble. They're adamant that it's not their faces that look like mortals', it's mortals' faces that look like theirs.
Spell(s)	Dazzle
Skill(s)	Flee
Location(s)	Angel Falls Zere
Item(s) dropped	Moonwort bulb (common, 6.25%) Butterfly wing (rare, 1.56%)

Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Blast/Lightning Resistance *
-125%	-125%	0%	-125%
Rock Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
-125%	-125%	-125%	0%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance *
0%	25%	0%	0%
Deceleratle Resistance *	Spooky Aura Resistance*	Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Charm Resistance *
0%

Dragon Quest Monsters

Butterfly

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	30	3/5	1/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
2/5	1/5	5/5	5/5

Family	Bug
In-game description	Powder on its wings have hallucinogenic effect
Abilities	Surround, Curse, CallHelp
Habitat	Gate of Monster Farm Gate, Gate of Ambition
Breeding chart	Bug family x Bird family

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
None	None	Weak	Immune
Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance *
Weak	Immune	None	None
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
None	None	Strong	Strong
Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
Strong	Strong	None	None
Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *
Weak	Weak	Weak	None
Decelerate Resistance *		Curse Resistance
None		Strong

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Butterfly

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	30	6/10	2/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
4/10	4/10	4/10	7/10

Family	Bug
In-game description	Scatters dust to confuse foes.
Abilities	CallHelp, Curse, Surround
Habitat	Sea World (Tara's Adventure)
Breeding chart	Bug family x Bird family

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
None	None	Weak	Immune
Water Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance
None	Weak	Immune	None
Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
None	None	None	Strong
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Strong	None
Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *
None	Weak	Weak	Weak
Sap Resistance *	Decelerate Resistance *	Curse Resistance
None	None	Strong

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Trivia

• The batterfly has similarities to the Hitōban (飛頭蛮), a Chinese monster that separates its head from the rest of its body and floats about with its giant ears as wings and the Chonchón, a mythical creature from South America that takes the form of a human head with an unusually large pair of ears that function as wings.

Gallery

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  Appearance in VII's 'The Big Book of Beasts' in the remake

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  DQM 1&2 sprite

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  Terry's Wonderland 3D polygon model

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  Stars model

Related monsters

Similar species

• Betterfly
• Dread admiral