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MCZ Entomology 164983

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1918

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Barnstable | Chatham

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164983 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 164983

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164983 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

  • additional number: Unknown:308
  • researcher code: Harvard213 [Freedman and Dingle, 2018]

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

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Female By: Fred Taylor
sex Female By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
life stage Adult By: Fred Taylor
wing area 7.304 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 7.434 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 4.813 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 4.739 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 11.2 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 11.426 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.348 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.391 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing

  • None

  • East except Fla; caterpillar

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Barnstable
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002165 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Chatham
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Taken at Chatham
  • Georeference:
  • 41.6217720, -69.967634 (Error radius: 9948m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-09-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1918-01-01 / 1918-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1918
  • Collector:
  • John B. Paine, Jr.

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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