Battus polystictus | Battus polydamas | Battus philenor hirsuta | Battus philenor |
The larva of the California pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor hirsuta) relies on California pipevine as its only food source.
Battus’ wife is unknown and was succeeded by his son Arcesilaus II .
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Battus also made an alliance with the new Egyptian Pharaoh Amasis II.
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Battus II was the son of the second Cyrenaean king Arcesilaus I and an unknown mother.
Battus II and Critola were siblings and were children to the second Cyrenaean King Arcesilaus I.
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During his reign, Battus realised that Cyrenaica had become an unstable state, from the unstable relations with the Libyans, Egyptian Pharaoh Amasis II and the attempted overthrow of his late father and himself from Learchus.
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To further protect Cyrenaica from the Libyans and their aristocracy, Battus made an alliance with the Egyptian Pharaoh Amasis II.
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Battus was the son and only child of Cyrenaean King Arcesilaus II and Cyrenaean Queen Eryxo.
Phalagnostus nudus, the type species, was originally described as a species of Battus by Beyrich in 1845, but that name had already been used for a butterfly, and the trilobite genus was also deemed polyphyletic.