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MCZ Entomology 164956

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1899-07

North America: United States: Texas: Bexar | San Antonio

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164956 JSON-LD

Media type: image, MCZ:Ent:164956 Identified as Danaus plexippus plexippus type status Voucher of Danaus plexippus| Voucher of Danaus plexippus.

(Media Record)(zoom/related)(full)

MCZ:Ent:164956 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: A. Archippus. B-L; var Fumosus Hulst
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 1905
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: voucher specimen

  • researcher code: Harvard173 [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 A. G. Weeks Collection By: Fred Taylor
life stage Adult By: Fred Taylor
wing area 6.454 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 6.507 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 4.497 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 4.384 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 10.823 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 10.71 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.221 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.232 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:
  • Bexar
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • San Antonio
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • SAN ANTONIO, TEX
  • Georeference:
  • 29.4827160, -98.501868 (Error radius: 30242m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-08-26 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1899-07-01 / 1899-07-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July 1899
  • Collector:
  • Otho C. Poling

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  • [Masked]

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