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MCZ Entomology 164916

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2013-12-31

North America: United States: Arizona | southern Arizona

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164916 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 164916

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164916 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: fumosus
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: Harvard38 [Freedman and Dingle, 2018]

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

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Female By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
collection A. G. Weeks Collection By: Fred Taylor
life stage Adult By: Fred Taylor
wing area 6.825 cm² By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing area 6.991 cm² By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 4.466 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 4.541 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 10.682 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 10.797 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.354 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.347 cm By: Asia Jones 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:
  • southern Arizona
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • So. Arizona Poling
  • Georeference:
  • 32.7167000, -114.61670 (Error radius: 301m) By: Whit Farnum on 2020-09-29 (Source: GEOLocate)[Note: a coordinate uncertainty of 301m is given by Biogeomancer and GeoLocate when unable to determine an uncertainty]
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2013-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Otho C. Poling

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  • [Masked]

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