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MCZ Entomology 164611

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1907-02-01

Asia: Indonesia: Maluku Province: Maluku Islands: Ambon Island | Amboina

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164611 JSON-LD

Media type: image, MCZ:Ent:164611 Identified as Danaus plexippus type status Voucher of Danaus plexippus.

(Media Record)(zoom/related)(full)

MCZ:Ent:164611 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: Harvard191 [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
life stage Adult By: Fred Taylor
wing area 7.319 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing area 7.177 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 4.702 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 4.667 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 11.356 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 11.431 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.378 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.333 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing

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  • Continent:
  • Asia
  • Country:
  • Indonesia
  • State/Province:
  • Maluku Province
  • Island Group:
  • Maluku Islands
  • Island:
  • Ambon Island
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Amboina
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Ambon; Ambonia
  • Georeference:
  • -3.6379750, 128.117116 (Error radius: 29973m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-08-17 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1907-02-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Feb 1, '07
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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