MCZ Entomology 75530

Melanis unxia (Hewitson, [1853])

Date Collected:

1865-07-01/1866-04-30

South America: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro | Cantagalo [Canto Gallo, Cantagallo]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:75530 JSON-LD

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:75530 Melanis unxia

Current Identification
Melanis unxia (Hewitson, [1853])
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Papilionoidea Riodinidae Riodininae Riodinini
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy
Previous Identification
Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: L. unxia (Hew.)

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

Attribute Value Determination On
life stage Adult By: Ian Butler

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  • [Date, collector and locality from Higuchi 1996.]

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001942 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Cantagalo [Canto Gallo, Cantagallo]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Canta Gallo Thayer Exped
  • Georeference:
  • -21.975104°, -42.366667° (Error radius: 3036m) By: Evan Hoki on 2017-04-27 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1865-07-01 / 1866-04-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Date as noted by Horacio Higuchi (1996) in "An Updated List of Ichthyological Collecting Stations of the Thayer Expedition to Brazil (1865-1866)"
  • Collectors:
  • Thayer Expedition to Brazil; George Sceva

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