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MCZ Entomology 164941

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1946-09-26

North America: United States: Maine: Waldo | Liberty

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164941 JSON-LD

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164941 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: Harvard93 [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
collection C. P. Kimball Collection By: Fred Taylor
life stage Adult By: Fred Taylor
wing area 9.095 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing area 9.115 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.309 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.265 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 12.826 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 13.182 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.68 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.717 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing

  • None

  • East except Fla

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Maine
  • County:
  • Waldo
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Liberty
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Liberty, Me
  • Georeference:
  • 44.3892400, -69.302820 (Error radius: 1159m) By: Patrick McCormack on 2020-07-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1946-09-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • ix-26-46
  • Collector:
  • Charles P. Kimball

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

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