Jersey - noted as common, especially on blackberry- bloom all along the coast, F.G. Piquet, 1873(6):400; & 



W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):487 {recorded as Thecla rubi, L.}. 

 Guernsey - noted as frequenting the banks of streams where it is common in May, appears single-brooded, E.D. 



Marquand 1874(9):204 {recorded as F[?] rubi}. 

 Guernsey - noted as one of the earliest species, larvae on bramble, adults common in May and June, paper read 



in 1882, W.A. Luff, 1889a(l):70 {recorded as Thecla rubi}. 

 Sark - noted as one of the earliest species, larvae on bramble, adults common in May and June, paper read in 



1 882, W.A. Luff, 1889a(l):70 {recorded as Thecla rubi }. 

 Jersey - specimens seen, noted as common in St. Brelade, St. Brelade's Bay and Corbiere, 4-13. vi. 1887, F.W. 



Hawes, 1888(21 ):63 {recorded as Thecla rubi}. 

 Sark - occurrence listed, W.A. Luff, 1889(22):76 {recorded as Thecla rubi}. 



Sark - noted as common in May & June, pre 1906, W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):188 {recorded as Thecla rubi, L. }. 



Jersey - several specimens taken in 1917, G.E.J. Crallan, 1918(43):368 {recorded as Thecla rubi}. 



Jersey - specimens taken in 1920, G.E.J. Crallan, 1921(46):275 {recorded as Theela [sic] rubi}. 



Jersey - 3 specimens taken, few others seen, specimens noted for the well-developed line of white spots on the 



underside of the hind wing, more prominant than in English examples, vi.-vii. 1922, N.D. Riley, 



1925(58):150; [BMNH]. 



Sark - specimens taken 30.iv.1931, L.H. Newman, 1931(43):184; {recorded as Callophiys rubi} & 



1933(11):154 {recorded as Thecla rubi} : [Rothschild Collection, BMNH]. 

 Jersey - noted as common and appearing to be double-brooded, adults present from May to August, A.C. 



Halliwell, 1933a([12?]):115 {recorded as Thecla rubi}. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at end of v.- mid-vi.1942, C.J. Shayer, 1943(13):373. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at end of v. 1943, C.J. Shayer, 1946(13):395. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen, 25. v. 1944, C.J. Shayer, 1946a(13):398. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen, 13. v. 1945, C.J. Shayer, 1946b(13):402. 

 Jersey - noted as common, W.J. Le Quesne, 1946a(82):23. 



Sark - noted as being more abundant than on Guernsey, with specimens tending to be larger; scores seen in the 



lanes near the Lighthouse in early vi.1947, C.J. Shayer, 1948a(14):124. 

 Sark - noted as exceptionally common in late iv. 1 952, C.J. Shayer, 1953(15):172. 

 Herm - specimens seen, 28. v. 1953, Societe Guernesiaise excursion, C.J. Shayer, 1954(15):250 & 251. 

 Jersey - swarms seen on north and south coasts, early vi.1965, B. Wurzell, 1966(25):11. 



Guernsey Bailiwick - [not recorded from Alderney, Jethou or Brecqhou], noted as infrequent in Guernsey, but 



abundant in Sark, C.J. Shayer, 1967a(18):28 & 29. 

 Channel Islands - noted as fairly common in all the islands [not recorded from Alderney, Jethou or Brecqhou], 



specimens taken in Jersey in August suggests it is double-brooded, R.Long, 1970(21):248. 

 Sark - noted in greater abundance than usual in 1971, Col. J. La Trobe-Bateman; C.J. Shayer, 1972(19): 18. 

 Alderney - noted as widely distributed and single-brooded, adults seen in May and June, found mostly in 



sheltered places, R.B. Freeman, 1976[11]:8 [amazingly, this note constitutes the first published 



recording of the species on this island]. 

 Jersey - noted as fairly common, F. Le Sueur, 1976:161. 



Guernsey - specimens seen in Vale, Fort Doyle, vi. 1 98 1, T.N.D. Peet, 1982(21):21. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Forest, La Corbiere, 19. v. 1984, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Guernsey - noted as widespread in vi.1986, M.D. Bryan, 1987(99):126. 



Jersey - specimens seen on the coastal heath in St. Ouen, near Les Landes race course during mid-vii.1986, A. 

 Wood, 1998(16 Dec): 17. 



Sark - noted as common in Little Sark, Port Gorey & at Eperquerie Common, iv-v. 1990, J. Langford; [Societe 

 Sercquiaise files]. 



Sark - specimens seen, 7-9. v. 1990, E. & P. Brown; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Herm - 1 specimen seen, 13. vi. 1990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J.R. Langmaid; [pers. comm.]. 

 Alderney - noted as infrequent in 1991, H. Moore, 1991(26):59. 



Sark - specimens seen at Hog's Back and at Eperquerie Common, 16-23. v. 1992, M. & M. Shaffer. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Vallon D'Or, 16-23. v.1992, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - specimens photographed on Little Sark, Les Fontaine, 25.V.1992, S. Clark; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Jersey - 85 specimens seen in transect area in St. Ouen, Les Landes, 15.vi. 1 992, H. Clarke; R. & M.L. Long, 

 1993 (26):38. 



Jersey - seen in normal numbers in 1993; R. & M.L. Long, 1994(26):173. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen at Eperquerie Common, 8. v. 1994, M. & M. Shaffer. 

 Herm - 1 specimen seen on cliff path near Shell Beach, 23. v. 1994, M. & M. Shaffer. 

 Herm - 2 specimens seen, 29.V.1995, M. Hull; [pers. comm.]. 



Sark - few specimens seen, 5- 15. vi. 1995, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



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