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MCZ Entomology 164943

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1914-10-31

North America: United States: Texas: Bee | Beeville

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164943 JSON-LD

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164943 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: Harvard85 [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: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe
wing area 9.383 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 9.237 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.347 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.319 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 12.824 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 12.797 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.726 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.742 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Texas
  • County:
  • Bee
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Beeville
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Beeville; Tex.
  • Georeference:
  • 28.4086840, -97.746958 (Error radius: 3854m) By: Taylor Tai on 2017-04-06 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1914-10-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 10-31 14
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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