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MCZ Entomology 152521

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1972-09-19

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Norfolk | Westwood

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:152521 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 152521

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:152521 Danaus plexippus Voucher

Media type: image; Entomology 152521

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:152521 Danaus plexippus Voucher

Current Identification
Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Papilionoidea Nymphalidae Danainae Danaini
Common Name(s): Monarch; monarch butterfly; monarque
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy

  • researcher code: Harvard18 [Freedman and Dingle, 2018]

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

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Male By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
collection W. D. & J. Winter Collection By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe
date emerged 0000/06/07 ex ovum 7/6 By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe
life stage Adult By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe
wing area 8.473 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 8.59 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.141 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.165 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 12.353 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 13.607 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.529 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.521 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Norfolk
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002724 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Westwood
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Westwood, Mass.
  • Georeference:
  • 42.2139870, -71.224499 (Error radius: 3036m) By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe on 2017-04-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1972-09-19
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 19 IX 1972
  • Collector:
  • William D. Winter

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  • [Masked]

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