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MCZ Entomology 165377

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1965-07-30

North America: United States: Virginia: Giles | Big Stony Creek Valley, Kimballton

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:165377 JSON-LD

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:165377 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: Harvard153 [Freedman and Dingle, 2018]

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: Fred Taylor
wing area 8.106 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 8.701 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.078 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing length 5.072 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing perimeter 11.896 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 12.225 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.561 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.498 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Virginia
  • County:
  • Giles
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Big Stony Creek Valley, Kimballton
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Kimballton 1700 ft; Big Stony Creek Valley; Giles Co., Va
  • Elevation:
  • 1700 ft
  • Georeference:
  • 37.3663920, -80.677420 (Error radius: 1781m) By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe on 2020-05-15 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1965-07-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • VII-30-1965
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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