2010.95.61

Collection Date: July 11, 1930 (Huntington Lake); July 31, 1935 (Tioga Lake); July 27, 1935 (Tuolumne Meadows)
7 in HIGH x 5 in WIDE x 0.625 in DEEP
Fresno Co.; Mono Co.; Tuolumne Co.

Huntington Lake; Tioga Lake; Tuolumne Meadows

Gift of the Walt Disney Family Foundation
2010.95.61


Four (4) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.  Upper surface of forewing cell with 3 dark gray bars. Front wing has no red spots. Upper surface of hindwing with 2 red spots. They range from 1 3/8 x 2 1/4 to 1 1/2 x 1 1/4. This description is from left to right and top to bottom.  The first butterfly is and the third are female and the the second and fourth 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: "Parnassius baldur" In black handwritten ink on the DATE line: "July 11, 1930" In black handwritten ink on the LOCATION line:"Huntington Lake, Calif." Below in hand written black ink is "Baldurs parnassian". 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 [male symbol] [female symbol] 7-13-35 Tioga Lake Mono Co. [female symbol] 7-27-35 Tulome Meadows Tulome Co. [male symbol]

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