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MCZ Entomology 164919

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1934-08-01

North America: United States: Idaho/Montana/Wyoming | Yellowstone

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164919 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 164919

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164919 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: Danaus plexippus fumosus Hlst.
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

  • additional number: Unknown:89
  • researcher code: Harvard114 [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 C. P. Kimball Collection By: Fred Taylor
life stage Adult By: Fred Taylor
wing area 7.971 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 8.051 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.055 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.089 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 12.011 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 12.145 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.471 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.488 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Idaho/Montana/Wyoming
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Yellowstone
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Yellowstone; Park
  • Georeference:
  • 44.8262010, -110.34319 (Error radius: 88770m) By: Toby Shaya on 2021-06-03 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1934-08-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 8-1-34
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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