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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Battus

Genus Battus

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Pipevine Swallowtail larva - Battus philenor Polydamas Swallowtail - Battus polydamas Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor Pipevine Swallowtail eggs - Battus philenor Late Instar of Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor Polydamas caterpillar - Battus polydamas Black Catepiller with orange tips - Battus philenor
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers))
Family Papilionidae (Swallowtails, Parnassians)
Subfamily Papilioninae
Genus Battus
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Scopoli, 1777. Battus is likely from Greek mythology, see, for instance, Wikipedia.
Numbers
Two North American species: philenor and polydamas. (There are 12 species throughout neotropics--EDIS.)
Internet References
EDIS
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 20 November, 2007 - 7:33am

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