Battus (butterfly)
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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.
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Battus | |
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Pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor) | |
Polydamas swallowtail (Battus polydamas) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Tribe: | Troidini |
Genus: | Battus Scopoli, 1777 |
Type species | |
Papilio polydamas Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
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