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Battus can refer to:

• In Greek mythology, Battus is a shepherd from . Battus witnessed Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle. Though he promised his silence, he told many others. Hermes turned him to stone.
• In early Greek history, Battus was the founder of Cyrene, and several kings of Cyrene, of the same name, were descended from him.
• Battus is a genus of swallowtail butterflies, family Papilionidae, subfamily Papilioninae.
• Battus is also a pseudonym of Dutch author Hugo Brandt Corstius
• Battus was a certain order of penitents at Avignon, and in Provence, whose piety carried them to exercise severe discipline upon themselves, both in public and private.

• Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
  • Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
    • Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
      • Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
        • Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
          • Superphylum: Panarthropoda Cuvier
            • Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
              • Subphylum: Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938
                • Infraphylum: Atelocerata Heymons, 1901
                  • Superclass: Panhexapoda
                    • Class: Insecta C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
                      • Subclass: Dicondylia
                        • Infraclass: Pterygota - Winged Insects
                          • Cohort: Myoglossata
                            • Order: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
                              • Infraorder: Heteroneura - a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
                                • Family: Papilionidae Latreille, 1809 - Swallowtails
                                  • Genus: Battus (Linnaeus, 1771) - a genus of Swallowtails (Papilionidae)