2010.95.66
Collection Date: July 8, 1930 (Brokenhead); September 5, 1927 (Sugar Hill); June 20, 1931 (Hayward)
7 in HIGH x 5 in WIDE x 0.9375 in DEEP
Manitoba, Canada; Grafton County, NH; Sawyer County, WI
Brokenhead; Sugar Hill; Hayward
Gift of the Walt Disney Family Foundation
2010.95.66
Three (3) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case. Upper side is bright orange-brown; has hindwing with a wide dark border, enclosing a few small yellow spots. Underside is charcoal gray with fine dark striations; forewing with 3-4 light chevrons in a dark border. Silver mark in center of hindwing is small, slender, and L-shaped. They range in size from 1 3/8 x 1 3/4 to 1 1/8 x 1 7/8. Verso from top to bottom and left to right: "Polygonied progne 7-8-30 [female symbol] Brokenhead Man. Canada [male symbol 9-5-27 Sugar Hills N. H. Progne Polygonia [male symbol 6-20-31 Hayward, Wis. The Comma Butterfly"
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