Will Minor Butterfly Collection ➔ Western Tailed-Blue (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
Historical artifact -- Specimen, Animal
Identifier:
E523Description
Female western tailed-blue (Cupido amyntula) - 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plastic that houses the body of the specimen.Original label identifies the specimen as "[Female] Everes Amyntula" - an outdated scientific name - and suggests that it was collected at Pinon Mesa, Colorado.