''Battus'' is a

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for several agnostid

trilobite Trilobites (; meaning "three-lobed entities") are extinction, extinct marine arthropods that form the class (biology), class Trilobita. One of the earliest groups of arthropods to appear in the fossil record, trilobites were among the most succ ...

s, now assigned to other

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Etymology

Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...

, Battus is a

shepherd A shepherd is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations; it exists in many parts of the globe, and it is an important part of Pastoralism, pastoralist animal husbandry. ...

who witnessed

Hermes Hermes (; ) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology considered the herald of the gods. He is also widely considered the protector of human heralds, travelers, thieves, merchants, and orators. He is able to move quic ...

stealing

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's cattle. Because he broke his promise not to reveal this

theft Theft (, cognate to ) is the act of taking another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. The word ''theft'' is also used as a synonym or informal shor ...

, Hermes turned him to stone.

Taxonomy

''Battus'' Barrande, 1846 was no longer available since

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italians, Italian physician and natural history, naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first ...

used ''Battus'' in 1777 for a genus of swallowtail butterflies.

Trilobite Trilobites (; meaning "three-lobed entities") are extinction, extinct marine arthropods that form the class (biology), class Trilobita. One of the earliest groups of arthropods to appear in the fossil record, trilobites were among the most succ ...
species previously assigned to ''Battus''

A number of species previously assigned to the genus ''Battus'' have since been transferred to other genera: * ''B. bibullatus'' = '' Phalacroma bibullatus'' * ''B. cuneiferus'' = '' Diplorrhina cuneifera'' * ''B. granulatum '' = '' Pleuroctenium granulatum'' * ''B. integer'' = '' Peronopsis integer'' * ''B. laevigatus'' = '' Lejopyge laevigata'' * ''B. nudus'' = '' Phalagnostus nudus'' * ''B. rex'' = '' Condylopyge rex'' * ''B. tardus'' = '' Trinodus tarda''

References

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