MCZ Entomology 123900

Colias alexandra W. H. Edwards, 1863

Date Collected:

1882-07-04/1882-07-05

North America: United States: Washington: Kittitas | Yakima River, Nelson's

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:123900 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:
  • Kittitas
  • Specific Locality:
  • Yakima River, Nelson's
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Yakima R., W.T. Nelson's, July 4, 5, '82.
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Nelson's may refer to historic homestead or site extant along Yakima River in 1882. -RLHawkinsSipe, 2020-08-18
  • Georeference:
  • 47.1980120°, -121.05152° (Error radius: 671m) By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe on 2020-08-18 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1882-07-04 / 1882-07-05
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July 4, 5, '82.
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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