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.

[1] Since birds avoid these butterflies, other swallowtail species mimic their coloration.

In Greek mythology, Battus is a shepherd who witnessed Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle.

Because he broke his promise not to reveal this theft, Hermes turned him to stone.