2010.95.63

Collection Date: June 21, 22, and 25, 1934
7 in HIGH x 5 in WIDE x 0.875 in DEEP
Utah County, UT

Payson Canyon

Gift of the Walt Disney Family Foundation
2010.95.63


Five (5) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case. These are orange with brown spots.  The underside is orange with brown spots on upper wings and silver spots on lower wings.   They range in size from 1 1/2 x 1 5/16 to 1 5/8 x 2 1/4. This description is from left to right and top to bottom.  The first, second, and fourth butterflies are female.  The rest are male. Verso: A dark pink stamp that has a box with the following information inside: "Collection of Clay Ward Inglewood-California NAME [line] on DATE [line] LOCATION [line]" In black handwritten ink on the NAME line: "Argynnis utahensis" In black handwritten ink on the DATE line: "see below" In black handwritten ink on the LOCATION line:"Paysoin Canyon, Utah County Utah." Below in hand written black ink is "The Utah Fritillary". Male and female symbols are stamped below in pink that correspond to the butterflies on recto.  Additional text from top to bottom and then left to right see above [female symbol] June 25-1934 [female symbol] June 25, 1934 [male symbol] June 21-1934 [female symbol] June 22-1934 [male symbol] June 21-1934

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