A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



Leucophasia sinapis, Linn. (Wood White 

 butterfly). Scarce near Buckingham ; 

 also found by the Rev. C. F. Thorne- 

 will near Whittlebury Forest ; formerly 

 at Black Park and Claydon ; very local 



Colias hyale, Linn. (Pale -Clouded Yellow 

 butterfly). A very uncertain species, 

 and formerly never taken in the county, 

 but found near Charley in the year 1900 

 and near Chesham and Chalfont Road in 

 1901 



edusa, Linn. (Clouded Yellow butterfly). 



Very uncertain ; found at Buckingham, 

 Chesham, High Wycombe, Black Park 

 and many other places in certain years. 

 In 1877 it was abundant at Mar/aw, 

 accompanied by its beautiful pale variety, 

 helice 



Gonepteryx rhamni, Linn. (Brimstone butter- 

 fly). Usually common, but seen princi- 

 pally in the spring after hybernation 



Thecla betulse, Linn. (Brown Hairstreak 

 butterfly). Two specimens were taken 

 many years ago by the Rev. H. H. 

 Crewe near Claydon. Most probably 

 it may still be found on the borders of 

 woods in the northern half of the 

 county 



pruni, Haw. (Dark Hairstreak). Several 



specimens were taken about the blos- 

 soms of privet (Ligustrum vulgare) at 

 Linford Wood on 4 July, 1874, by 

 Mr. W. Thompson of Stantonbury near 

 Stoney Stratford. This also is a species 

 likely to be found in woods in the 

 northern portion of the county, since its 

 principal haunts are in adjoining coun- 

 ties 



w-album, Knoch (White -letter Hair- 



streak). Buckingham, Chesham, Chalfont 

 Road. About wych-elms. A very 

 uncertain species, abounding in one sea- 

 son, scarce for many successive years 



quercus, Linn. (Purple Hairstreak). Black 



Park, Claydon, Wendover ; apparently 

 in all oak woods 



rubi, Linn. (Green Hairstreak). Halton ; 



also common towards the Chi/tern Hills ; 

 among broom and genista 



Chrysophanus phlaeas, Linn. (Small Copper 

 butterfly). Generally distributed and 

 common 



Polyommatus agestis, Hub., astrarche, St.C. 

 (Brown Argus). Abundant at High 

 Wycomhe ; also at Long Down and to- 

 wards the slopes of the Chi Items ; usually 

 upon chalk hills and downs 



alexis, Hb., icarus, St.C. (Common Blue 



butterfly). Abundant everywhere in 

 fields and on hillsides 



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Polyommatus adonis, Hb., bellargus, St.C. 

 (Clifden Blue). A very local chalk hill 

 species ; recorded on the slopes of hills 

 on the chalk by the Rev. Joseph 

 Greene ; and the Hon. Charles Roth- 

 schild has taken it on the borders of the 

 county toward Tring 



corydon, Scop. (Chalk-hill Blue). Abun- 



dant at High Wycombe, Long Down and 

 elsewhere on chalk slopes, feeding upon 

 Hippocrepis 



argiolus, Linn. (Holly Blue). Buckingham, 



Aylesbury, 1 aplow, Halton, Black Park, 

 also towards the Chi/tern Hills, its 

 larva feeding on the flowers and berries 

 of holly, ivy, Rhamnus and other 

 shrubs 



alsus, Sch., minima, St.C. (Bedford Blue). 



In sheltered hollows of chalk hills about 

 Wendover, Long Down, the Chi/terns and 

 elsewhere ; in some seasons very plenti- 

 ful 



arion, Linn. Recorded at Clifden by Lewin 



in 1795 



Nemeobius lucina, Linn. (Duke of Burgundy 

 Fritillary). Ha/ton ; plentiful near High 

 Wycombe; found in open woods, its larva 

 feeding on the leaves of primrose 



Apatura iris, Linn. (Emperor butterfly). Several 

 specimens were met with at Claydon by 

 the Rev. H. H. Crewe many years ago. 

 It doubtless still exists in the woods in 

 the north of the county, flying round the 

 oak trees in July, its larva feeding on 

 broad-leaved sallows 



Limenitis sibylla, Linn. (White Admiral). 

 Common at Black Park in the middle 

 of the last century, and it was here 

 that its beautiful larva was found in 

 1851 feeding on the honeysuckle. This 

 rich locality has long been closed to en- 

 tomologists, and it is quite uncertain 

 whether this most interesting butterfly 

 justly celebrated for the grace of its 

 motions still exists there 



Vanessa c-album, Linn. (Comma butterfly). 

 Formerly found in that portion of the 

 county which borders Whittlebury Fonst 

 and probably then in other districts ; 

 but this is a species which for many 

 years has retreated westward and aban- 

 doned many of its former localities 



polychloros, Linn. (Large Tortoiseshell). 



Buckingham, High Wycombe, Chesham ; 

 about elm ; local and rather irregular 

 in its appearances 



urticae, Linn. (Common Tortoiseshell). 



Abundant everywhere in gardens, fields 

 and waysides, its larva feeding gregari- 

 ously on nettles 



