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 localisation Masked Moth (III NES)
Butterfly (GBC)

The Batterfly is a monster in the series.

Characteristics

Batterflies are monstrous butterflies with a cartoonish, dog-like face with sharp fangs in the center of its body. Their bodies are magenta-coloured with blue mouths, with either blue or purple wings that have spots on them. Its original design had green wings with purple spots. Starting with the Super Famicom version, their wings were changed to purple with green spots on them. In games like IX and X, their wings are light blue instead with darker blue spots surrounded with magenta circles. The batterfly is known for their troublesome ability to envelop attackers in illusions.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Batterfly (じんめんちょう Jinmenchō)

Original (NES)

Sprite

Bestiary No.

#005

Level

3

Experience

6

Gold

4

HP

12

MP

12

Attack

11

Defense

7

Agility

8

Evasion

¹⁄₆₄

Spell(s)

Dazzle

Skill(s)

None

Location(s)

Dreamer's Tower
Path of Promise
Khoryv region

Item Dropped

Chimaera wing¹⁄₆₄

Fire resistance *

0%

Crack resistance *

0%

Woosh resistance *

0%

Zap resistance *

0%

Drain Magic resistance

25%

Whack resistance *

0%

Kamikazee resistance

0%

Poof resistance

25%

Dazzle resistance

0%

Fizzle resistance

0%

Fuddle resistance

0%

Snooze resistance

25%

Deceleratle resistance *

0%

Sap resistance *

0%

Remakes sprites

SFC

GBC

Switch

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

Batterfly (じんめんちょう Jinmenchō)

Sprite

Bestiary No.

#005

Family

Bug & Floating

Experience

6

Gold

1

HP

13

MP

10

Attack

16

Defence*

27

Agility

10

Evasion

¹⁄₆₄

In-game description

Each flap of their fragile wings sends forth a fine cloud of scales, which causes their prey to hallucinate when inhaled, allowing them to swoop in for a quick bite.

Spell(s)

Dazzle

Skill(s)

None

Location(s)

Dreamer’s Tower
Path of Promise

Item Dropped

Dazzle-me-not¹⁄₈

Fire resistance *

0%

Explosion resistance *

-25%

Ice resistance *

0%

Wind resistance *

-25%

Strike resistance *

0%

Lightning resistance *

0%

Drain Magic resistance

0%

Whack resistance *

0%

Kamikazee resistance

0%

Poof resistance *

0%

Dazzle resistance

25%

Fizzle resistance

0%

Fuddle resistance *

0%

Paralysis resistance *

0%

Snooze resistance *

0%

Stumble resistance *

25%

Stun resistance *

0%

Deceleratle resistance

0%

Sap resistance *

0%

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 *	Ban Dance Resistance	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance *
80%	100%	0%	15%
Fuddle Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance*	Poison Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *
0%	50%	0%	15%
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

Bestiary no.

#005

Family

Bug & Floating

Experience

7

Gold

12

HP

14

MP

5

Attack

14

Defence

12

Agility

9

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 bulb¹⁄₁₆
Butterfly wing¹⁄₆₄

Fire resistance *

-25%

Ice resistance *

-25%

Wind resistance *

0%

Blast/Lightning resistance *

-25%

Earth resistance *

-25%

Dark resistance *

-25%

Light resistance *

-25%

Drain Magic resistance

0%

Whack resistance *

0%

Dazzle resistance *

25%

Fizzle resistance *

0%

Fuddle resistance *

0%

Paralysis resistance *

0%

Snooze resistance *

0%

Poison resistance *

0%

Stun resistance *

0%

Blunt resistance *

0%

Deceleratle resistance *

0%

Sap resistance *

0%

Spooky Aura resistance *

0%

Charm resistance *

0%

Dragon Quest X

Batterfly reappeared in the game from Version 7.0 onward, retaining their ability to cast Dazzle, along with being able to call for more of their kind to overwhelm enemies.

Dragon Quest Monsters

Butterfly (じんめんちょう Jinmenchō)

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 (じんめんちょう Jinmenchō)

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

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Chafaposa	From the Spanish verb chafar and mariposa.
Français	Peurpillon	From the French peur and papillon.
Deutsch	Zerschmetterling	From the German verb zerschmettern and Schmetterling.
Italiano	Alabatt	From the Italian ala and the English butterfly.
中文 (繁體)	人面蝶	Transliteration of the Japanese name Jinmenchō, which means "human-faced butterfly".

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

• 
  Appearance in VII's 'The Big Book of Beasts' in the remake.
• 
  DQM1·2 sprite.
• 
  Terry's Wonderland 3D polygon model.
• 
  Stars model.
• 
  A Batterfly in the 1991 anime of The Adventure of Dai.

Related monsters

• Betterfly
• Dread admiral

See Also

• Batterfly knife