>>55698479Metamorph... I meant Ditto*, sorry. Ditto isn't named "morphon" even though it woul fits it much better than a bug who can't transform at all.
>there's nothing about bug pokemon that denotes any real scientific rigorNigga, just because they're making a children's game doesn't mean the devs have to make everything braindead.
Vileplume is named ラフレシア Ruffresia because the pokémon is directly based on the Rafflesia genus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RafflesiaLikewise, knowing that morpho (the most popular butterflies) is a genus doesn't mean being a "serious entomologist".
Something Tajiri probably was, as an amateur. Insects are his passion
