• Rustic Blue (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
    Rustic Blue (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection (E512)
Rustic Blue (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
Rustic Blue (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
Comments and Tags (0)
Share
Download as PDF

Will Minor Butterfly Collection ➔ Rustic Blue (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection

Historical artifact -- Specimen, Animal
Identifier:
E512
Description
Female rustic blue (Agriades glandon rustica) - a subspecies of butterfly - specimen, pressed inside of an almost flat, rectangular, plastic container. There is a raised "bubble" in the center of the plastic that houses the body of the specimen.

Original label identifies the specimen as "[Female] Plebeius Rustica" - an outdated scientific name - and suggests that it was collected at Pinon Mesa, Colorado.

 
Content Date:
June 15 1947
Related collection
Will Minor Butterfly Collection Will Minor donated a somewhat large lepidoptera (butterflies, moths, etc.) collection. All of the specimens were donated under different accession/lot numbers. This collection was created to make accessing these artifacts easier. 
Related person
Will Minor (was used by)
Related place
Piñon Mesa (Collected at)