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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 6
Nymphalidae Anemeca ehrenbergii (Hübner) [det. J.D. Weintraub]Peale's Identification: Marpheis (sic.) ehrenbergii (Hub[ner]) Measurements: FWL = 27.6 mm Comments: leg. Prof. Millington; strange mimetic nymphalid variously treated as a monobasic genus or a subgenus of Chlosyne and extremely similar in appearance to the riodinid Hades noctula; endemic to Mexico; rare in collections. Specimen 6 in Peale Box 26, Box 26 data: "Mexico; 26; 17. Guanaxuato" [= Guanajuato] Collected in Guanaxuato Mexico by Prof[esso]r Millington 1835 Mounted: 1835 |