Battus (butterfly)
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| Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Papilioninae |
| Tribe: | Troidini |
| Genus: | Battus Scopoli, 1777 |
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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.[1] Since birds avoid these butterflies, other swallowtail species mimic their coloration. The common North American species are Battus polydamas and Battus philenor.
[edit] Species
Listed alphabetically within groups.[2]
Subgenus Battus:
- Species group Philenor:
- Battus devilliersii (Godart, 1823)
- Battus philenor (Linnaeus, 1771) – Pipevine Swallowtail
- Battus zetides (Munroe, 1971) – Zetides Swallowtail
- Species group polydamus:
- Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758) – Polydamas Swallowtail, Gold Rim Swallowtail, or Tailless Swallowtail
Subgenus Battuosa Möhn, 1999:
- Species group madyes:
- Battus madyes (Doubleday, 1846) – Madyes Swallowtail
- Species group belus:
- Battus belus (Cramer, 1777) – Belus Swallowtail
- Battus crassus (Cramer, 1777) – Crassus Swallowtail
- Battus eracon (Godman & Salvin, 1897) – West-Mexican Swallowtail
- Battus ingenuus (Dyar, 1907) – Dyar's Swallowtail
- Battus laodamas (C. & R. Felder, 1859) – Green-patch Swallowtail
- Battus lycidas (Cramer, [1777]) – Cramer's Swallowtail
- Battus polystictus (Butler, 1874)
[edit] References
- ^ Pinheiro, Carlos E.G. (1996) Palatability and escaping ability in Neotropical butterflies: tests with wild kingbirds (Tyrannus melancholicus, Tyrannidae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 59(4): 351–365. HTML abstract
- ^ Battus, funet.fi
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