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The Titian Peale Butterfly and Moth Collection |
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The Titian Peale Butterfly and Moth Collection |
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ANSP > Entomology > Peale Collection > Search > Box 26 Specimen 10
Papilionidae Papilio alexiares Hopffer [det. J.D. Weintraub]Peale's Identification: Papilio turnus Measurements: FWL = 58.1 mm Comments: leg. Prof. Millington; NOTE: alexiares has been treated as a distinct sp. by some authors; now endemic to mts. of N. Veracruz and very rare in collections; this specimen may represent the western-most record and probably the oldest (Hopffer described alex Specimen 10 in Peale Box 26, Box 26 data: "Mexico; 26; 17. Guanaxuato" [= Guanajuato] Collected in Guanaxuato Mexico by Prof[esso]r Millington 1835 Mounted: 1835 |