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MCZ Entomology 164915

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1927-08-10

North America: United States: Arizona | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164915 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 164915

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164915 Danaus plexippus plexippus Voucher

Current Identification
Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Papilionoidea Nymphalidae Danainae Danaini
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy
Previous Identifications
Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: americanus Gunder Ent. News. May 1927
Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Papilionoidea Nymphalidae Danainae Danaini
Common Name(s): Monarch; monarch butterfly; monarque
Determiner: Micah G. FreedmanORCID iD icon; Hugh DingleORCID iD icon in 2018
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: voucher specimen

  • researcher code: Harvard223 [Freedman and Dingle, 2018]

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: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe
life stage Adult By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe
wing area 7.113 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing area 7.048 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 4.698 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 4.803 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 11.018 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 10.845 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.379 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.367 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Arizona
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7006451 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Arizona
  • Georeference:
  • 34.0801670, -111.51720 (Error radius: 397793m) By: Toby Shaya on 2020-11-25 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1927-08-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • taken Aug. 10-27
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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