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MCZ Entomology 164926

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1874-05-02

North America: United States: Kentucky: Barren/Edmonson/Hart | near Mammoth Cave

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164926 JSON-LD

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164926 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: Harvard54 [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
life stage Adult By: Fred Taylor
wing area 9.569 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.453 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.543 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 13.408 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.776 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.719 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Kentucky
  • County:
  • Barren/Edmonson/Hart
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • near Mammoth Cave
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Kentucky; near Mam; Caves
  • Georeference:
  • 37.1861600, -86.099975 (Error radius: 3036m) By: Nelson Rios on 2018-10-03 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2018-10-03)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1874-05-02
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 2. '74
  • Collector:
  • Francis G. Sanborn

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