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MCZ Entomology 164925

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1977-07-25

North America: United States: Michigan: Kalamazoo | East Lansing, red cedar river

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164925 JSON-LD

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164925 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 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: Micah G. FreedmanORCID iD icon; Hugh DingleORCID iD icon in 2018
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: voucher specimen

  • researcher code: Harvard225 [Freedman and Dingle, 2018]

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 9.219 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing area 9.068 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.431 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.475 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 12.852 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 13.058 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.621 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.605 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Michigan
  • County:
  • Kalamazoo
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • East Lansing, red cedar river
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • E. Lansing, Mich. KALAMAZOO, RED CEDAR
  • Habitat Description:
  • red cedar
  • Georeference:
  • 42.7298110, -84.492421 (Error radius: 3744m) By: Whit Farnum on 2020-09-16 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1977-07-25
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 7/25/77
  • Collector:
  • JMC

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  • [Masked]

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