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MCZ Entomology 164580

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1900-01-30

Oceania: Marshall Islands: Marshall Islands: Likiep Atoll | Likieb Atoll

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164580 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: Harvard179 [Freedman et al, 2020]

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
date collected Jan 22 pupated By: Whit Farnum
date emerged Jan 30, 1900 issued By: Whit Farnum
life stage adult By: Whit Farnum
wing area 7.273 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing area 7.209 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 4.913 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 4.869 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 11.629 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 11.629 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.267 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.269 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing

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  • Ocean:
  • Oceania
  • Country:
  • Marshall Islands
  • Island Group:
  • Marshall Islands
  • Island:
  • Likiep Atoll
  • Specific Locality:
  • Likieb Atoll
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Likieb Atoll; Marshall Ilds.
  • Georeference:
  • 9.91715400, 169.144507 (Error radius: 24818m) By: Whit Farnum on 2020-11-12 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1900-01-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Jan 22
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

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