• Orange Sulphur (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
    Orange Sulphur (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection (E590)
Orange Sulphur (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
Orange Sulphur (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
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Will Minor Butterfly Collection ➔ Orange Sulphur (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection

Historical artifact -- Specimen, Animal
Identifier:
E590
Description
Female orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) - 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 suggests that the specimen was collected at Black Ridge, Colorado. The head of the specimen is still attached to the thorax, but, oddly enough, there is a second, very similar head loose in the container. How this happened remains unclear.
Content Date:
June 26 1952
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
Black Ridge (Collected at)