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MCZ Entomology 164959

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1887-10-12

North America: United States: Florida: Seminole | Sanford

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164959 JSON-LD

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164959 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: Harvard50 [Freedman and Dingle, 2018]

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

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Male By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
life stage Adult By: Fred Taylor
wing area 9.163 cm² By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing area 9.081 cm² By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.349 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.268 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 12.812 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 12.822 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.656 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.649 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
  • County:
  • Seminole
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Sanford
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Sanford, Fla
  • Georeference:
  • 28.7861060, -81.282390 (Error radius: 6389m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-06-09 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1887-10-12
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Oct 12, 1887
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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