Battra is a major antagonist and later deuteragonist in the 1992 Japanese kaiju film Godzilla vs. Mothra.
Thousands of years after being sealed underground by Mothra, a meteorite released Battra from its Siberian prison, prompting it to make its way to Japan.
Appearance
Battra is a large black moth-like creature with vertebrate jaws. It has large red eyes, yellow highlights and horns, and black wings with yellow and red flame-like patterns.
Powers and Abilities
Battra possesses the following powers and abilities:
- Flight
- Energy blasts
- Immense strength
Fate
While carrying Godzilla with Mothra, Battra is killed after Godzilla rips out its throat and blasts it with the atomic breath at close range.
Trivia
- Godzilla vs. Mothra is the only film in which Battra appears.