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MCZ Entomology 164996

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1927-06-26

Central America: Haiti: Centre Department: Greater Antilles: Hispaniola | Hinche

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:164996 Danaus plexippus Voucher

Current 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: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy

  • researcher code: Harvard193 [Freedman et al, 2020]

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

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Male By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
life stage Adult By: Whit Farnum
wing area 5.015 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 5.114 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 3.965 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 3.828 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 9.594 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 9.461 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 1.963 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 1.961 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Haiti
  • State/Province:
  • Centre Department
  • Island Group:
  • Greater Antilles
  • Island:
  • Hispaniola
  • Specific Locality:
  • Hinche
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Hinche, Haiti
  • Georeference:
  • 19.1400000, -72.010000 (Error radius: 10km) By: David Lubertazzi on 2013-08-20 (Source: Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1927-06-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 26, 1927
  • Collector:
  • Walter J. Eyerdam

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  • [Masked]

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