MCZ Entomology 164600

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1899-11-28

Oceania: Tonga: 'Eua Island | [no specific locality data]

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164600 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: Harvard97 [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
life stage Adult By: Whit Farnum
wing area 7.701 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 7.493 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.118 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.192 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 12.343 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 12.303 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.355 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.276 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing

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  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Eua Isd
  • Georeference:
  • -21.375759°, -174.93192° (Error radius: 11754m) By: Whit Farnum on 2020-12-03 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1899-11-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Nov 28; 1899
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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