PYRGINAE 

 ERYNNIS Schrank, 1801 



PYRGUS; sensu Shayer, 1967 

 tages (Linnaeus, 1758) tages (Linnaeus, 1758) Dingy Skipper 



malvae; sensu Shayer, 1967, misident. 

 Sark - specimens seen at Eperquerie and La Coupee, mentioned in a [radio] broadcast late in vi. 1 948 by Brian 

 Vesey-Fitzgerald, reported by CJ. Shayer, 1949(14):237; & noted as never having been included in 

 any Channel Island list 1967a(18):28 & 29 {recorded as Pyrgus malvae and named as Grizzled 

 Skipper}; regarded as a misidenlification of Erynnis tages, R. Long, 1970(21 ):249. 

 Sark - after 3 separate visits at different times in 1949, was unable to find specimens, C.J. Shayer, 195()(14):348 

 [species remains unconfirmed]. 



PYRGUS Hiibner, [1819] 



HESPERIA; sensu Piquet, 1873 

 malvae (Linnaeus. 1758) Grizzled Skipper 



Jersey - noted as the first record, 1 specimen taken in St. Saviour, Swiss Valley in 1871, F.G. Piquet, 

 1873(6):401; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):487; A.C. Halliwell, 1933a([12?]):117 (recorded as Hesperia 

 malvae}; W.J. Le Quesne, 1946a(82):23; R. Long, 1970(21 ):249; F. Le Sueur, 1976:162. 



PAPILIONOIDEA 



PAPILIONIDAE PARNASSIINAE 

 PARNASSIUS Latreille, 1 804 



apollo (Linnaeus, 1758) Apollo 

 Jersey - Walker in 1860 was informed by a Jersey doctor [name not given] in St. Saviour, that he had taken this 

 species in Jersey [date not given]. Walker expressed doubt as to the accuracy of this identification and 

 treated it as a dubious record. [There has since been no verification of this identification in Jersey, or of 

 this species in the Channel Islands]. F.A. Walker, 1888(21 ):151 [species remains unconfirmed]. 



PAPILIONINAE 



PAPILIO Linnaeus, 1758 



[machao/i Linnaeus, 1758] gorganus Fruhstorfer, 1922 Continental Swallowtail 



machaon-gorganus; misspelling 



Jersey - Walker in 1860 was informed by a Jersey doctor [name not given] in St. Saviour that machaon was 

 common in the autumn [years not given]. [Walker doubted this statement, but the occasional 

 occurrence of P. machaon gorganus in the islands has since been confirmed]. F.A. Walker, 

 1888(21):151. 



Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865: 226; & W.A. 

 Luff, 1909b(5):486 {recorded as Papilio machaon, L. }. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in St. Martin, Icart Point, 1 3. viii . 1 900 by Rev. F.E. Lowe; 2 specimens seen in St. 

 Martin, near Saints Bay, 17.viii.1900 by Mr R.V. Sherring and 1$ taken in St. Sampson, Delancey 

 Hill, 21. viii. 1900 by Dr Bishop, specimen passed on to Rev. F.E. Lowe who presented it to W.A. Luff ; 

 other specimens were reported as seen in various parts of the island; W.A. Luff, 1900g(3):273; & 

 1900j(36):239; 1901a(4):7; 1901b(4):15 & 18; 1902a(4):57; 1902b(4):65 & 68 {recorded as Papilio 

 machaon}. 



Alderney - 1 specimen taken on Butes Hill, 22.vii.1901, Mr Spencer, specimen presented to Luff, presumed to 



have flown over from France, W.A. Luff, 1902a(4):56,57; & 1902b(4):65 & 68; R. Long, 



1970(21 ):243 {recorded as Papilio machaon}. 

 Guernsey - noted as absent in 1908, W.A. Luff, 1909a(5):428 {recorded as Papilio machaon}. 

 Jersey - 2 specimens seen in a garden in St. Helier, Rouge Bouillon in 1915, 1 of which was taken and is in the 



Society museum collection, G.E.J. Crallan, 1916(41):134; & A.C. Halliwell, 1933a ([12?]):110 



{recorded as Papilio machaon}. 

 Jersey - batch of larvae taken which reached pupal stage in 1916, a series was bred out, emerging in 1917, 



G.E.J. Crallan, 1917(42):231; & 1918(43):368; A.C. Halliwell, 1933a([12?]) :110; R. Long, 



1970(21 ):243 {recorded as Papilio machaon}. 

 Jersey - 2 specimens seen in St. Ouen, Grosnez in 1920, Major N.V.L.Rybot; A.C. Halliwell, 1933a ([12?]):110 



{recorded as Papilio machaon}. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Brelade, Noirmont, 28.viii.1932, G.F.B. de Gruchy; A.C. Halliwell, 



1933([12?]):99; & noted that larval foodplants, consisting of Milk-Parsley, Angelica and Wild Carrot, 



are all common, 1933a([12?]):110 {recorded as Papilio machaon}. 



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