was heard that Dr O.W. Richards of the Imperial College, London, had also caught a specimen and had 

 seen another in St. John, near Bonne Nuit Bay, 1 7. viii. 1 946; informed by Mr A.G. Gabriel at the 

 BMNH that the species is common in Normandy and Brittany, W.J. Le Quesne, 1947(14):277; & 

 1947a(83):134 {Le Quesne named it by its French vernacular name le Miroir}; R. Long, 1970(21):250. 



Jersey - small numbers of specimens found at Trinity, vii.1947, W.J. Le Quesne, also at a second site at Trinity 

 in vii.1947 by a visiting youth Mr R.P. Chesterman, both stations being similar geographically and 

 botanically, species thought to breed there, W.J. Le Quesne, 1948(14):357 {named as le Miroir}. 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken at Trinity, Bouley Bay, 28.vii.1947, R.P. Chesterman; [BMNH]. 



Jersey - specimens seen in the north of the island in 1948, W.J. Le Quesne, 1949(15):12. 



Jersey - several specimens seen in 1951, H. Amy & W.J. Le Quesne; Amy also observed egg-laying on a species 

 of grass and secured 2 eggs, after hatching, larvae entered hollow grass stems to hibernate; W.J. Le 

 Quesne, 1952(15):388. 



Jersey - 3 specimens taken at Trinity, Bouley Bay, 7, 1 1 & 1 8. viii. 1 954, R. Morrell; [BMNH]. 



Jersey - several specimens seen in their usual haunts in 1958, Mr H. Amy; W.J. Le Quesne, 1959(17):217. 



Jersey - a thriving colony in a sloping sphagnum bog on the north coast was studied, vii.1960 by, R.Dobson, 

 about 50 could be seen at one spot; it was noted that though the butterflies were restless their bouncing 

 flight seldom took them more than a foot or two above the clumps of [purple moore-grass] Molinia 

 caerulea (L.) Moench, which would appear to form their larval foodplant; a $ was observed to lay a 

 single egg on a blade of this grass; this egg, white, spherical and ridged vertically, hatched on the 17th 

 day, vii.1960, R. Dobson, 1961(18):21; & R. Long, 1970(21):250 {named as le Miroir). 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in Trinity, Egypt, 4. viii. 1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Jersey - noted as the only resident butterfly not recorded in Great Britain; reasoned that the most feasible 

 explanation for its arrival in Jersey was that it came from France with fodder, of which a considerable 

 amount was imported by the Germans for horses during the German occupation period from 1940-45. 

 R. Long, 1970(21):250. 



Jersey - noted that the larval foodplant is not confined to the areas where the butterfly is recorded, but is equally 

 plentiful elsewhere in the island; noted that 1 specimen had been recently seen well away from the 

 established breeding sites, suggesting that it was able to exploit other areas, conversely, this might have 

 been a stray specimen; Le Sueur also stated that in recent years searches in the breeding area have 

 revealed only 1 specimen; F. Le Sueur, 1976:162. 



Jersey - specimens seen on several occasions in their original site, with 15-20 specimens seen in one afternoon, 

 R. & M.L. Long, 1977(22):23-24 {named as Miroir}. 



Jersey - 4 specimens seen, viii. 1985, R. Long, in, A.M. Emmet & J. Heath (Eds.)7:54. 



Jersey - 1 specimen seen, viii. 1986, R. Long, in, A.M. Emmet & J. Heath (Eds.)7:54. 



Jersey - few specimens seen, viii. 1987, R. Long, in, A.M. Emmet & J. Heath (Eds.)7:54. 



Jersey - noted in viii. 1998, that a habitat site for this species in a wooded valley in the north of the island, had 

 been allowed to become overgrown with nettles and bracken, but that the larval foodplant Purple 

 Moor-grass Molinia caerulea is still plentiful, conservation methods will be needed to preserve the 

 habitat for this very local introduced species, D.J. Wedd, 1999(7 ):48. 



HESPERIINAE 



THYMELICUS Hubner, [1819] 



ADOPOEA Billberg, 1820 

 HESPERIA; sensu Piquet, 1 873 

 HISPERIA; misspelling 

 PAMPHILA; sensu auct. 



lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808) Essex Skipper 



lineola; misspelling 

 linea; sensu auct. 

 sylvestris; sensu auct. 



Jersey - listed by FP. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865: 226 {recorded as 

 Pamphila linea}. 



Sark - listed by F. Lukis & Miss Wilkinson, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865: 226; {recorded as 

 Pamphila linea}', & paper read in 1882, Luff regards this entry as a mistake, W.A. Luff, 1889(1):73; 

 1909b(5):487 {recorded as Hesperia lineola, O. }. 



Jersey - 3 specimens taken, noted as extremely abundant, 21. vi. 1871, W.A. Luff, 1873(6):326 {recorded as 

 [Hesperia?] linea}; & W.A. Luff, 1890(23):98 {date given as 21.Vii.1871, recorded as Hesperia 

 lineola}; 1891(2):9 {date again cited as 2 1 . vi. 1 87 1 , Luff stated that FW. Hawes had compared his 

 Jersey specimens to English material in the Doubleday collection housed at Bethnal Green Museum, 



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