• Great Southern White (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
    Great Southern White (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection (E871B)
Great Southern White (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
Great Southern White (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection

Will Minor Butterfly Collection ➔ Great Southern White (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection

Historical artifact -- Specimen, Animal

Identifier:
E871B
Description

Male great southern white of the orseis subspecies (Ascia monuste orseis) - a subspecies 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Original label identifies the specimen as "[Male] Pieris Orseis" - an outdated scientific name - and suggests that it was collected in São Paulo, Brazil.

Content Date:
1947
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)