• Melissa Blue (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
    Melissa Blue (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection (E516)
Melissa Blue (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
Melissa Blue (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
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Will Minor Butterfly Collection ➔ Melissa Blue (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection

Historical artifact -- Specimen, Animal
Identifier:
E516
Description
Male melissa blue (Plebejus melissa) - a species 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 "[Male] Plebeius Melissa" - presumably a typo - and suggests that it was collected in Fruita, Colorado.
 
 
Content Date:
October 10 1926
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
Fruita (Collected at)