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MCZ Entomology 164933

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1949-08-13

North America: United States: Illinois: Adams | La Prairie

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164933 JSON-LD

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164933 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: Harvard169 [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 9.157 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.209 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 12.185 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.67 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Illinois
  • County:
  • Adams
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • La Prairie
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Illinois: ADAMS COUNTY; La Prairie
  • Georeference:
  • 40.1478240, -91.002913 (Error radius: 1652m) By: Patrick McCormack on 2020-07-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1949-08-13
  • Verbatim Date:
  • VIII-13-1949
  • Collectors:
  • A. Patterson; Bryan Patterson

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