Data for: Thermal tolerance and environmental persistence of a protozoan parasite in monarch butterflies

These data were generated as part of an experiment to test the effects of temperature, time, and parasite genotype on spores of Ophryocystis elektroscirrha, a protozoan parasite of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). The experiment was performed at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. Details on the experiment, predictions, analyses, and conclusions are available in the publication, "Thermal tolerance and environmental persistence of a protozoan parasite in monarch butterflies" published in the Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2021.107544. Two files are provided, one with experimental temperature data and one with details on monarch experimental treatments and infection metrics.

本数据集系为验证温度、时长与寄生虫基因型对帝王蝶（Danaus plexippus）体内原生动物寄生虫尖眼簇虫（Ophryocystis elektroscirrha）孢子的影响而开展的实验所生成。实验于美国佐治亚州雅典市的佐治亚大学完成。有关该实验的具体细节、研究假设、分析方法及最终结论，均可查阅发表于《无脊椎动物病理学杂志》（Journal of Invertebrate Pathology）的论文《帝王蝶体内原生动物寄生虫的热耐受性与环境持久性》（Thermal tolerance and environmental persistence of a protozoan parasite in monarch butterflies），其DOI链接为https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2021.107544。本次提供的数据集包含两个文件：其一收录实验温度相关数据，其二详细记录了帝王蝶实验处理方案与感染检测指标。