• Florida Purplewing (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
    Florida Purplewing (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection (E638)
Florida Purplewing (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
Florida Purplewing (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
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Will Minor Butterfly Collection ➔ Florida Purplewing (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection

Historical artifact -- Specimen, Animal
Identifier:
E638
Description
Florida purplewing (Eunica tatila) - 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 Coral Gables, Florida. The sex of the specimen is unknown.

 
Content Date:
July 29 1945
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
Florida (Collected at)