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Pipevine Swallowtails and Allies
Battus
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.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pipevine Swallowtail
speciesBattus philenor
Polydamas Swallowtail
speciesBattus polydamas
Battus polystictus
speciesBattus polystictus
Dyar's Swallowtail
speciesBattus ingenuus
Crassus Swallowtail
speciesBattus crassus
Green-patch Swallowtail
speciesBattus laodamas
Cramer's Swallowtail
speciesBattus lycidas
Belus Swallowtail
speciesBattus belus
Madyes Swallowtail
speciesBattus madyes
Battus streckerianus
speciesBattus streckerianus
West-Mexican Swallowtail
speciesBattus eracon
De Villiers' Swallowtail
speciesBattus devilliersii
Zetides Swallowtail
speciesBattus zetides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49975.