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MCZ Entomology 164971

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1970-07-22

North America: United States: Connecticut: Litchfield | New Milford

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164971 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 164971

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164971 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: Harvard190 [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: Fred Taylor
wing area 8.242 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.023 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 11.737 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.543 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Connecticut
  • County:
  • Litchfield
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002601 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • New Milford
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • New Milford Conn.
  • Georeference:
  • 41.5770390, -73.408454 (Error radius: 5041m) By: Nelson Rios on 2018-10-03 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2018-10-03)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1970-07-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 22 July 1970
  • Collector:
  • Sidney A. Hessel

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