• Mead's Sulphur (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
    Mead's Sulphur (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection (E659)
Mead's Sulphur (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
Mead's Sulphur (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
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Will Minor Butterfly Collection ➔ Mead's Sulphur (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection

Historical artifact -- Specimen, Animal
Identifier:
E659
Description
Female Mead's sulphur (Colias meadii) - 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] Colias Meadi" - likely a typo - and suggests that it was collected in Taylor Park, Colorado.
Content Date:
July 5 1936
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
Taylor Park (Collected at)