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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.
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Taxonomy
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- 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)
- Family: Papilionidae
Latreille, 1809 - Swallowtails
- Infraorder: Heteroneura
- a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Order: Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Genus Battus is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 100 species and subspecies in the Genus Battus: B. acauda · B. adlatus · B. adloni · B. amazonis · B. ambigua · B. amulius · B. antiquus · B. archemas · B. archidamas · B. astinous · B. belemus · B. belus · B. belus varus (Varus Swallowtail) · B. bias · B. caburi · B. camposia · B. castilhoi · B. cebriones · B. chalceus (Chalceus Swallowtail) · B. chalceus ingenuus · B. chlorodamas · B. christopheranus · B. chromealus · B. chrysodamas · B. chrysomaculatus · B. cochabama · B. copanae · B. corbis · B. crassus (Crassus Swallowtail) · B. crispus · B. cubensis · B. devilliers · B. devilliersi · B. devilliersii · B. dominicus · B. eracon · B. erymanthus · B. eurydamas · B. fabius · B. flavus · B. gastoni · B. gelenus · B. grenadensis · B. hirsuta · B. hypodamas · B. incolorus · B. ingenuus · B. insularis · B. integer · B. iopanae · B. iopas · B. jamaicensis · B. janira · B. laodamas · B. latinus · B. lepidus · B. lindeni · B. lucayus · B. lucianus · B. lycidas (Yellow-Trailed Swallowtail) · B. madyes · B. madyes chlorodamas · B. madyes philetas · B. magnimacula · B. marsyas · B. mathani · B. media · B. montebanus · B. neodamas · B. nezahualcoyotl · B. numitor · B. obsoleta · B. ochracea · B. orsua · B. philenor (Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly) · B. philenor philenor · B. philetas · B. plinius · B. polycrates · B. polydamas (Polydamas Swallowtail) · B. polydamas archidamas · B. polydamas lucayus (Tailless Swallowtail) · B. polydamas polydamas (Gold-Rim Swallowtail) · B. polydamas psittacus · B. polydamus (Polydamus Swallowtail) · B. polystictus · B. procas · B. protodamas · B. psittacus · B. rhipidius · B. serpentariae · B. streckerianus · B. thyamus · B. tucumanus · B. varus · B. vincentius · B. wasmuthi · B. xenodamas · B. zetes · B. zetides (Zetides Swallowtail)
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