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MCZ Entomology 165041

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2013-07-22

Asia: Indonesia: North Maluku Province: Maluku Islands: Obi Island | Obi Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:165041 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 165041

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:165041 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: Harvard198 [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 8.552 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 8.521 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.042 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.127 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 12.16 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 12.172 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.589 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.562 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing

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  • Continent:
  • Asia
  • Country:
  • Indonesia
  • State/Province:
  • North Maluku Province
  • Island Group:
  • Maluku Islands
  • Island:
  • Obi Island
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Obi Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Obi Isl., Moluccas
  • Georeference:
  • -1.5109020, 127.723768 (Error radius: 30km) By: Whit Farnum on 2021-05-06 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2013-07-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Thomas Barbourlinked data icon

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  • [Masked]

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