MCZ Entomology 164984

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2013-07-08

North America: United States: Massachusetts | Massachusetts

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:164984 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 164984

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164984 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: Harvard15 [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 5.305 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 5.342 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 4.026 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 4.105 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 9.724 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 9.94 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.01 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 1.983 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing

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  • [Best guess at collector name]

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007517 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Massachusetts
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mass.
  • Georeference:
  • 42.2255980°, -71.503710° (Error radius: 168785m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-09-14 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2013-07-08
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Samuel L. Henshaw

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  • [Masked]

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