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MCZ Entomology 165031

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2013-07-22

South America: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul | Pelotas

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:165031 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 165031

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:165031 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

  • additional number: Unknown:25-233
  • researcher code: Harvard42 [Freedman et al, 2020]

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

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Female By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
life stage Adult By: Fred Taylor
wing area 8.662 cm² By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing area 8.448 cm² By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 4.995 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.04 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 12.051 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 11.951 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.621 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.655 cm By: Asia Jones 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Rio Grande do Sul
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001941 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Pelotas
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Pelotas; R. G. do Sul; BRAZIL
  • Georeference:
  • -31.766667, -52.333333 (Error radius: 30360m) By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe on 2019-03-25 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2013-07-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 4.V
  • Collector:
  • Czeslaw M. Biezanko

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  • [Masked]

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