• Variable Checkerspot (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
    Variable Checkerspot (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection (E631)
Variable Checkerspot (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
Variable Checkerspot (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
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Will Minor Butterfly Collection ➔ Variable Checkerspot (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection

Historical artifact -- Specimen, Animal
Identifier:
E631
Description
Male variable checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) - 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 in Saratoga, California.
 
Content Date:
May 23 1944
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) (Collected at)