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MCZ Entomology 164928

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1932-08-10

North America: Canada: Manitoba | Brokenhead

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164928 JSON-LD

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164928 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: D. menippe Hbn.,;tr. f. 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

  • researcher code: Harvard33 [Freedman and Dingle, 2018]

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

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Female By: Fred Taylor
sex Female By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
life stage Adult By: Fred Taylor
wing area 8.871 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing area 8.783 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.225 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.326 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 13.23 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 12.51 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.585 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.633 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Canada
  • State/Province:
  • Manitoba
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005734 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Brokenhead
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Brokenhead, Man., Can.
  • Georeference:
  • 50.1546370, -96.501149 (Error radius: 10267m) By: Hannah Kernen on 2020-12-04 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1932-08-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Aug. 10th. 1932
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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