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MCZ Entomology 164934

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1949-09-10

North America: United States: Illinois: Cook | Park Forest

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164934 JSON-LD

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164934 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: Harvard187 [Freedman and Dingle, 2018]

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

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Male By: Fred Taylor
sex Male By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
life stage Adult By: Fred Taylor
wing area 8.19 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.027 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 11.812 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.593 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Illinois
  • County:
  • Cook
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Park Forest
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • ILLINOIS: COOK CO.; Park Forest
  • Georeference:
  • 41.4767640, -87.688565 (Error radius: 3990m) By: Patrick McCormack on 2020-07-22 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1949-09-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • IX-10-1949
  • Collector:
  • A. Patterson

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