>>53059220>caterpie and venomoth both have a forehead crestCaterpie yes, Venomoth have an antenna with the same color as its head.
>caterpie and venomoth both have googly eyesOnly Venomoth.
>early artwork of venomoth had yellow spots on its wingsok, caterpie does not have wings, so...
>venomoth has the wing protrusion signature of a swallowtail butterfly. caterpie is unequivocally based on a swallowtail caterpillarvenomoth is a moth, not a butterfly. and and many butterflies/moths have this, so means nothing.
>venomoth has an abdomen with 3 segments, metapod has an abdomen with 3 segments, metapod's cocoon doesn't fit butterfree at all being that butterfree doesn't even have an insect abdomen at alldifferent pattern. Venomoth have with a zigzag pattern.
This discussion only exists because Venonat and Butterfree are similar, otherwise no one would bat an eye on Caterpie and Venomoth.