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MCZ Entomology 164609

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1900-02-22

Oceania: Guam: Mariana Islands | [no specific locality data]

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164609 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: Harvard167 [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
sex Male By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe
life stage Adult By: Whit Farnum
wing area 8.869 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.217 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 12.645 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.672 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing

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  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Guam; Ladrone Isds
  • Georeference:
  • 13.4494430, 144.769976 (Error radius: 27770m) By: Whit Farnum on 2020-11-12 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1900-02-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Feb 22 1900
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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