The Dread admiral is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest III. It is a purple-winged variant of the Batterfly capable of inflicting paralysis with its attacks.
| Dragon Quest monster | |
|---|---|
| Dread admiral | |
 Art by Akira Toriyama | |
| Japanese | しびれあげは |
| Romaji | Shibere ageha |
| First appearance | Dragon Quest III |
| Old localization | Stingwing (III NES) StingMoth (III GBC) |
AppearancesEdit
Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of SalvationEdit
| Dread admiral (しびれあげは Shibere ageha) |  |
Original (NES)
| Sprite | Level | HP | MP | |
 |
18 | 40 | 0 | |
| Attack | Defense | Agility | Experience | Gold |
| 62 | 10 | 30 | 165 | 35 |
| Bestiary No. | #074 |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Paralysis Attack |
| Location(s) | Tower of Transcendence Sea Desert Shrine region Theddon region Lanson region Mur region |
| Item Dropped | Moonwort bulb1⁄32 |
| Evasion | Fire Resistance * | Crack Resistance * | Woosh Resistance * | ||
| 0⁄64 | 25% | 0% | 0% | ||
| Zap Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance | Whack Resistance * | Kamikazee Resistance | ||
| 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
| Poof Resistance | Fuddle Resistance | Snooze Resistance | Dazzle Resistance | ||
| 100% | 0% | 25% | 25% | ||
| Fizzle Resistance | Sap Resistance * | Deceleratle Resistance * | |||
| 100% | 0% | 0% | |||
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past 3DSEdit
Dread admiral (しびれあげは Shibire ageha) 
Remake exclusive (3DS)
| Sprite | HP | MP | Attack | Defense |
| 40 | 0 | 62 | 10 | |
| Agility | Experience | Gold | Tame Rate | |
| 30 | 68 | 53 | 1⁄64 | |
| Bestiary No. | DLC #127 |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Paralysis Attack |
| Location(s) | Mount Malign |
| Item(s) Dropped | Moonwort bulb1⁄16 |
| Evasion | Frizz Resistance * | Sizz Resistance * | Fire Breath Resistance * |
| 1⁄64 | 25% | 25% | 15% |
| Bang Resistance * | Crack Resistance * | Ice Breath Resistance * | Woosh Resistance * |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Strike/Rock Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance * | Whack Resistance * |
| 50% | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Poof Resistance * | Poison Resistance * | Burning Breath Resistance | Fuddle Resistance * |
| 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Snooze Resistance * | Dazzle Resistance * | Fizzle Resistance * | Ban Dance Resistance |
| 15% | 15% | 100% | 100% |
| Stun Resistance * | Sap Resistance * | Army Resistance * | |
| 50% | 0% | 15% | |
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry SkiesEdit
| Dread admiral (しびれあげは Shibire ageha) |  |
| Model | HP | MP | Attack |
 |
76 | 9 | 75 |
| Defence | Agility | Experience | Gold |
| 76 | 80 | 192 | 80 |
| Bestiary no. | #063 |
| Family | Bug |
| In-game description | Swat these big, brutish butterflies before they swarm all over the battlefield and paralyse everyone with Burning Breath. Seen from behind, they're beautiful butterflies, but flip them around and you'll find they're far from fair of face. |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Paralysis Attack Burning Breath |
| Location(s) | Slurry Coast Dourbridge Grotto (Cave, rank 1) |
| Item(s) dropped | Butterfly wing1⁄8 Coagulant1⁄64 |
| Fire Resistance * | Ice Resistance * |
Wind Resistance * | Blast/Lightning Resistance * |
| 0% | 0% | 25% | 0% |
| Rock Resistance * | Dark Resistance * | Light Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance |
| 0% | -100% | 0% | 0% |
| Whack Resistance * | Poison Resistance * | Paralysis Resistance * | Fuddle Resistance * |
| 0% | 50% | 100% | 25% |
| Snooze Resistance * | Dazzle Resistance | Sap Resistance * | Blunt Resistance * |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Deceleratle Resistance * | Spooky Aura Resistance* | Fizzle Resistance * | Stun Resistance * |
| 50% | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| Charm Resistance * | |||
| 50% | |||
Dragon Quest XEdit
Has yet to reappear as of Version 7.
TriviaEdit
- The dread admiral's English name is sinister spin on Red admiral, the common name for the Vanessa atalanta species of butterfly.
In Other LanguagesEdit
| Language | Translation | Meaning |
 Español | Mariposón | Spanish for "large butterfly". |
 Français | Papilon | From "papillon", the French word for butterfly. |
 Deutsch | Furchtbare Falter | German for "terrible butterfly". |
 Italiano | Gigabatt | From the Ancient Greek giga- and "batterfly". |
GalleryEdit
Famicom art
Appearance in VII's 'The Big Book of Beasts' in the remake
Stars model
