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MCZ Entomology 165026

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1935-04-26

Central America: Honduras: Bay Islands: Roatan Island | French Harbor

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:165026 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 165026

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:165026 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: Harvard52 [Freedman et al, 2020]

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 5.344 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 5.442 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 4.129 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 4.102 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 9.754 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 9.859 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.037 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.012 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing

  • None

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Honduras
  • Island Group:
  • Bay Islands
  • Island:
  • Roatan Island
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • French Harbor
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Roatan, Bay Is.; Hond.; French Har.
  • Georeference:
  • 16.3546120, -86.457795 (Error radius: 911m) By: Taylor Tai on 2017-03-22 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1935-04-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 26.IV.'35
  • Collector:
  • D. Marston Bates

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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