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MCZ Entomology 164923

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2013-12-31

North America: Canada | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164923 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 164923

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164923 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: archippus; Duf. specimen
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: Harvard27 [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
life stage Adult By: Fred Taylor
wing area 7.55 cm² By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 7.61 cm² By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 4.652 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 4.688 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 11.157 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 11.233 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.482 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.516 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing

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  • Central plains Missouri Kans Ohio Mich Ky Canada

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Canada
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005685 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:
  • Can.
  • Georeference:
  • 63.9281100, -85.978516 (Error radius: 2828977m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-08-17 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • 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:
  • [no agent data]

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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