4-453: Battus may refer to: Animals [ edit ] Battus (butterfly) , a genus of butterfly of the family Papilionidae Battus (trilobite) , a synonym for several agnostid trilobites, now assigned to other genera Mythology [ edit ] Battus (mythology) , a figure in Greek mythology who witnessed Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle. He
8-607: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Battus (butterfly) See text Battus is a New World genus of butterflies that are usually found around pipevine (genus Aristolochia ) plants. The caterpillars feed off the poisonous pipevines, making the insects poisonous themselves; they taste very bad to ward off predators . Since birds avoid these butterflies, other swallowtail species mimic their coloration. The common North American species are Battus polydamas and Battus philenor . In Greek mythology , Battus
12-480: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Battus . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battus&oldid=1192377061 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Genus disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
16-726: Was punished by being turned into stone. People [ edit ] Battus of Malta , king of the island of Malta, protector of Anna Perenna in Ovid's Fasti Battus I of Cyrene (died 600 BC), founder of the Ancient Greek colony of Cyrene, Libya Battus II of Cyrene ( fl. 583 to 560 BC ), third Greek king of Cyrenaica and Cyrene Battus III of Cyrene ( fl. 6th century BC ), fifth Greek king of Cyrenaica Battus IV of Cyrene , ( fl. 6th and 5th century BC ), seventh Greek king of Cyrenaica Hugo Brandt Corstius (1935–2014), Dutch author Topics referred to by
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