• Callippe Fritillary (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
    Callippe Fritillary (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection (E912)
Callippe Fritillary (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
Callippe Fritillary (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection
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Will Minor Butterfly Collection ➔ Callippe Fritillary (Butterfly) - Will Minor Collection

Historical artifact -- Specimen, Animal
Identifier:
E912
Description
Male callippe fritillary (Argynnis callippe) - 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 "[Male] Argynnis Nevadensis" - a historic name for the subspecies A. c. nevadensis - and suggests that it was collected at Pinon Mesa, Colorado. While A. callippe does occur in Colorado, it seems that A. c. nevadensis in particular may not, and that specimens from Colorado may not be likely to belong to that subspecies.
Content Date:
July 30 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
Piñon Mesa (Collected at)