Guernsey - reasonable numbers seen between 19.vi.-30.ix.2000; 1 late record 28.x. 2000; single var. helice seen, 



19. & 23.viii.& 10.ix.2000; R.A. Austin, 2001(12):44. 

 Sark - specimens seen in La Seigneurie gardens, 26. vi. 2000; coastal slope below Pilcher Monument and garden 



at Cae de Mat, 27.vi.2000; field near Dixcart Hotel, 29.vi.2000; Little Sark, 30. vi. 2000; at Hog's Back 



including var. helice, also in nearby field, l.vii.2000; Little Sark, var helice, 2.vii.2000, R. & M.L. 



Long; [Sociele Sercquiaise files]. 

 Jersey - c.40 specimens seen in St. Brelade, La Pulente, and Quennevais, also gardens in Grouville, Gorey, and 



in St. Ouen, 5.-1 1 .viii.2000, D.J. Wedd, 2001(12):76; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - specimens seen at Le Clos Bourel, 19.vii.2000, M. & M. Shaffer. 

 Herm - \$ seen, 1. viii.2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 



Sark - dead specimen found at Le Clos Bourel, 24.viii.2000, M.J. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 



Herm - several specimens seen, 1 taken at Fisherman's Cottage, 19.x. 2000, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Jersey - specimens seen in 2000, including var. helice; R. Long, 2001(28):43. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in St. Pierre du Bois, Lihou Island, 23.vii.2001, L. Thomson; R.A. Austin, 



2002(15):47; & 2002a(l):40. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in Torteval, Les Tielles, 29. ix. 2001, A. Smith; R.A. Austin, 2002a(l):40. 

 Jersey - small numbers seen in 2001; R. & M.L. Long, 2002(28):181 



Guernsey - isolated records from 16. v. -30.x. 2002, with 4 in v., 5 in vi., 7 in vii., 38 in viii., 15 in ix. & 13 in 



x.2002; R.A. Austin, 2003(18):44; & 2003a(25):260. 

 Herm - specimens seen, 16. v. -30. x.2002, [recorder not stated]; R.A. Austin, 2003a(25):260. 

 Jethou - specimens seen, 15.vi.2002, [recorder not stated], included 1 var. helice; R.A. Austin, 2003a(25):260. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen at Hog's Back, 25.ix.2002, M. & M. Shaffer. 

 Jersey - specimens seen in Grouville, ix.2002, D.J. Wedd, 2003(18):31. 

 Jersey - reported regularly in 2002; R. & M.L. Long, 2()03(28):312. 



GONEPTERYX [Leach], [1815] 



RHODOCERA Boisduval & Leconle, [1 830] 



GONOPTERYX; misspelling 



GONEPTRYX; misspelling 

 rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758) rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758) Brimstone 



Guernsey - listed by F. Lukis & Miss Wilkinson, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G Latham, 1862; & 1865:226; & W.A. 



Luff, 1909b(5):486. 



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



Island not given - 1 specimen taken [date not given], W.H. Booth, 1873(8):66. 



Jersey - noted as being infrequent, F.G. Piquet, 1873(6):4()1; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):486. 



Guernsey - noted as rare, W.A. Luff, 1873(6):326 [recorded as Rhodocera rhamni). 



Sark - noted as frequent, W.A. Luff, 1873(6):326 {recorded as Rhodocera rhamni). 



Guernsey - noted as found from early spring to late autumn, white specimens occur, E.D. Marquand, 

 1874(9):204. 



Guernsey - noted as not common, adults hibernate and fly again in spring, paper read in 1882, W.A. Luff, 



1889a(l):72 [recorded as Rhodocera rhamni). 

 Sark - noted as having been seen in abundance in autumn, adults hibernate and fly again in spring, paper read in 



1882, W.A. Luff, 1889a(l):72 {recorded as Rhodocera rhamni). 

 Sark - specimens seen, late viii. 1888, W.H. Blaber, 1888(21):324. 

 Sark - occurrence listed, W.A. Luff, 1889(22):76 [recorded as Gonopteryx [sic] rhamni). 



Guernsey - specimens taken and noted as abundant in St. Martin, near Saints Bay and in Forest, Petit Bot Bay, 

 vii & viii. 1896, W.A. Luff, 1897a(3):91 {recorded as Gonopteryx [sic] rhamni). 



Alderney - 1 specimen taken on the Blaye near the cliffs, 19. viii. 1899, E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 1900f(3):391 

 {recorded as Gonopteryx [sic] rhamni, L. }; & R. Long, 1970(21 ):245. 



Herm - 1 specimen seen, iv.-viii. 1 904, E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 1905a:378 {recorded as Gonopteryx [sic] 

 rhamni, L. 



Sark - noted as commoner than in Guernsey, especially in the autumn, pre 1906, specimens seen, 9-14. vii. 1906, 

 W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):186 & 188 {recorded as Gonopteryx [sic] rhamni, L.}. 



Guernsey - IrJ seen in Martin, in garden above Saints Bay, 20. viii. 1914, also noted that a few specimens are 

 seen in most years F.E. Lowe, 1915(7):121 [recorded as Gonopteryx [sic] rhamni). 



Alderney - noted as fairly common from 1919-1924, W.F.K. Thompson, 1924:17. 



Herm - specimens taken, viii. 1922, E.B. King, 1922(34):217. 



Sark - specimens taken l.v. & 1 1. viii. 1931, L.H. Newman, 1931(43):184-185; & 1933(11):154; [Rothschild 

 collection, BMNH]. 



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