Battus

Battus or Battos may refer to:

Animals

• Battus (butterfly), a genus of butterfly of the family Papilionidae
• Battus (trilobite), a synonym for several agnostid trilobites, now assigned to other genera

Mythology

• Battus (mythology), a figure in Greek mythology who witnessed Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle. He was punished by being turned into stone.

People

• Battus of Malta, king of the island of Malta, protector of Anna Perenna in Ovid's Fasti
• Battus I of Cyrene (died 600 BC), founder of the Ancient Greek colony of Cyrene, Libya
• Battus II of Cyrene (Template:Floruit), third Greek king of Cyrenaica and Cyrene
• Battus III of Cyrene (Template:Floruit), fifth Greek king of Cyrenaica
• Battus IV of Cyrene, (Template:Floruit), seventh Greek king of Cyrenaica
• Hugo Brandt Corstius (1935–2014), Dutch author