MCZ Entomology 123893

Colias alexandra W. H. Edwards, 1863

Date Collected:

1882-06-30

North America: United States: Washington: Benton | Prosser, Yakima River, Lone Tree

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:123893 Colias alexandra

Current Identification
Colias alexandra W. H. Edwards, 1863
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Papilionoidea Pieridae Coliadinae
Common Name(s): Queen Alexandra's Sulphur
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pinned) unknown in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
life stage Adult By: Victoria Savona

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  • collected by the members of Entomological section of the N. Transcontinental Survey in 1882 [The specimen notes copied from Bulletin of Brooklyn Entomological Society, Volume 6, Page 125, [April] 1884]

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Washington
  • County:
  • Benton
  • Specific Locality:
  • Prosser, Yakima River, Lone Tree
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Yakima R., W. T. Lone Tree, June 30, '82.
  • Locality Remarks:
  • "the first post office in Prosser was named Lone Tree, from Lone Tree Landing on the south side of the river, where a single, old cottonwood tree once stood." From revisitwa.org, 2020-04-06 -RLHawkins, 2020-04-06
  • Georeference:
  • 46.2045430°, -119.77321° (Error radius: 3033m) By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe on 2020-04-06 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1882-06-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 30, '82.
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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