Will Minor Butterfly Collection ➔ Becker's White (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection

Historical artifact -- Specimen, Animal

Identifier:
E586
Description

Male Becker's white (Pontia beckerii) - 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 specimen as “[Male] Pieris Beckeri Pseudochloridice” - seemingly referring to a subspecies no longer considered valid - and suggests that it was collected at Monument Canyon, Colorado.

Content Date:
June 3 1927
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
Colorado National Monument (Collected at)