Contents 



Acknowledgements 1 



Introduction 3 



The Channel Islands 5 



A chronological survey of Lepidoptera recording 10 



General remarks on recording 33 



Label data 35 



The vegetation of the small islets and possible insect 37 

 associations 



Literature on Channel Islands Lepidoptera 38 



An account of the relevant application of vernacular 47 

 names 



Listed families and subfamilies based on British fauna, 5 1 

 with total species and subspecies 



Simplified checklist, species catalogue numbers and 56 

 the first records for individual islands 



Contributors of first island records and total fauna for 124 

 individual islands 



Non-British fauna and additions to continental checklists 131 



A listing of Lepidoptera for the Isles de Chausey 1 32 



Lepidoptera records from the Channel Islands 136 



Channel Islands references 669 



General references C8 1 



Index 684 



