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MCZ Entomology 164584

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2014-07-14

Oceania: Australia: Norfolk Island | Norfolk Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164584 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 164584

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164584 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: Harvard237 [Freedman et al, 2020]

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

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Female By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
collection A. G. Weeks Collection By: Whit Farnum
life stage Adult By: Whit Farnum
wing area 7.516 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 7.082 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.038 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 4.998 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 11.881 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 12.114 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.373 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.155 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing

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  • Ocean:
  • Oceania
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Norfolk Island
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Norfolk Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Norfolk Island; West from; Australia
  • Georeference:
  • -29.028332, 167.950853 (Error radius: 4938m) By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe on 2020-06-03 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2014-07-14
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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