Battus

Battus 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, third Greek king of Cyrenaica and Cyrene
 * Battus III of Cyrene, fifth Greek king of Cyrenaica
 * Battus IV of Cyrene,, seventh Greek king of Cyrenaica
 * Hugo Brandt Corstius (1935–2014), Dutch author