Skip to main content

MCZ Entomology 181541

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1984-09-13

North America: United States: Rhode Island: Kent | Warwick

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:181541 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 181541

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:181541 Danaus plexippus Voucher

Media type: image; Entomology 181541

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:181541 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: Harvard136 [Freedman and Dingle, 2018]

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pinned) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: L antennae broken and apparently glued back on.

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Male By: Rachel Chabot
sex Male By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
life stage Adult By: Rachel Chabot
wing area 8.843 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing area 9.042 cm² By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.284 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing length 5.236 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 12.355 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing perimeter 12.627 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing
wing width 2.611 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: left forewing
wing width 2.618 cm By: Micah G. Freedman 2019-01-09
Remarks: right forewing

  • None

  • None

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Rhode Island
  • County:
  • Kent
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002541 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Warwick
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • RI: Kent Co Warwick
  • Georeference:
  • 41.7031770, -71.413420 (Error radius: 5125m) By: Patrick McCormack on 2020-09-23 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1984-09-13
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 13 Sept 1984
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
➤