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MCZ Entomology 164980

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1961-09-11

North America: United States: Connecticut: Litchfield | Washington

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164980 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 164980

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164980 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: Harvard2 [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 8.016 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 8.374 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 4.965 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 4.915 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 11.941 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 12.167 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.524 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.535 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:
  • Washington
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Washington Ct.
  • Georeference:
  • 41.6314840, -73.310673 (Error radius: 2290m) By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe on 2020-04-01 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1961-09-11
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Sept. 11. 1961
  • Collector:
  • Sidney A. Hessel

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  • [Masked]

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