Guernsey - specimens seen between 15. v.- end of vi. 1996; R.A. Austin, 1997:15. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen at La Coupee, 29. v. 1996, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - specimens seen near Greve de la Ville, 22. vi. 1996, R. & M.L. Long & members of Butterfly 

 Conservation Coventry & Warwickshire Group; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; R.A. Austin, 1997:15. 



Jersey - 1 specimen seen as early as 1 0.i v. 1 997; M.L. & R. Long, 1998(27):195 {recorded as Calophrys [sic] 

 rubi } . 



Sark - specimens seen at Hog's Back, 5.V.1997, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - specimens seen on cliffpath above Dixcart Wood, 9.V.1997, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Guernsey - specimens seen in Torteval, Pleinmont Point, 19. v. 1997, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Guernsey - 6 specimens seen, between 16.v.-16.vi.l998; R.A. Austin, 1999b:3, [pers. comm. from Austin 

 database]. 



Alderney - 1 specimen seen at Trois Vaux, 7.vi.l998, R. Pierpoint; R.A. Austin, 1999b:3; [pers. comm. from 

 Austin database]. 



Jersey - worn and fairly fresh specimens seen during the first week of viii.1998, reasoned to be continuously 



brooded throughout the summer, A. Wood, 1998(16 Dec.):17. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen on Little Sark near Silver Mines, 15. iv. 1999, J.G. Walmsley; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen on 13 dates between 5. v.-9. viii. 1 999; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Herm - specimens photographed on cliffpath between Bishops Cove and Rosiere Steps, 25. v. 1999, M. & M. 



Shaffer. 



Jersey - hundreds of specimens seen in St. Brelade, Corbiere and Portelet, 1 . vi. 1 999, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 



Jersey - large numbers reported in 1999; R. Long, 2000(27 ):560. 



Sark - specimens photographed at Le Pondon, 8.iv.2002, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 2 specimens seen on cliff-top Vknile from La Coupee, 28. iv. 2002; 3 on Hog's Back, 4. v. 2002; 11+ on 

 Little Sark, near Silver Mines, 5. v. 2002; 15 on cliffpath from La Coupee, 6. v. 2002; 13 on Eperquerie 

 Common, 7. v. 2002 and 3 on clifpath from Dixcart to La Coupee, 12. v. 2002, P. De Carteret; [Societe 

 Sercquiaise files]. 



NEOZEPHYRUS Sibatani & Ito, 1942 

 QUERCUSIA Verity, 1943 

 THECLA; sensu auct. 

 THEELA; misspelling 



quercus (Linnaeus, 1 758) Purple Hairstreak 



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



Luff, 1909b(5):487 (recorded as Thecla quercus, L.}. 

 Jersey - noted as rare, only two earlier localities known in St. Lawrence, Le Mont Misere, [possibly the record 



referred to in 1862; & 1865:226] and 1 specimen taken in St. Helier, La Vallee des Vaux; 1 specimen 



taken in St.Saviour, 8.vii.l872, F.G. Piquet, 1873(6):400; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):487; A.C. Halliwell, 



1933a([12?]):116; R. Long, 1970(21):247 [recorded as Thecla quercus, L.}. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken, c.1892, Mi" L. Langlois; notes that larvae feed on Oak, W.A. Luff, 1901d(4):30; 



& R. Long, 1970(21):247 {recorded as Thecla quercus}. 

 Jersey - new localities found in Grouville, Gorey in 1913, G.E.J. Crallan, 1914(39):458; & A.C. Halliwell, 



1933a([12?]):116; R.Long, 1970(21 ):247 {recorded as Thecla quercus). 

 Jersey - several specimens taken in 1917, G.E.J. Crallan, 1918(43):368; & R.Long, 1970(21):247 {recorded as 



Thecla quercus } . 



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



Jersey - found to be fairly common in St. Helier, the Bellozanne Valley in 1927, Mr Croker; A.C. Halliwell, 



1933a([12?]):116; & R. Long, 1970(21):247 {recorded as Thecla quercus). 

 Jersey - specimens found in St. Brelade, Pont Marquet in 1930, Mr Pike, A.C. Halliwell, 1933a ([12?]):116; & 



R. Long, 1970(21 ):247 {recorded as Thecla quercus). 

 Jersey - noted as rare, W.J. Le Quesne, 1946a(82):23 {recorded as Thecla quercus). 



Jersey - specimens seen in St. Martin, near St. Catherine and at La Coupe, 1946, W.J. Le Quesne; specimens 



seen in St. Saviour, St. Aubin, 1946; W.J. Le Quesne, 1947(14):278; & R. Long, 1970(21):247 



{recorded as Thecla quercus). 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Vale, Grande Havre, early viii. 1966, identified at the Manchester Museum by 



Reid, J. Reid, 1967(18):1; & C.J. Shayer, 1969(18):272; R. Long, 1970(21) :247 {recorded as Thecla 



quercus L.}; R.A. Austin, 1991(22):738. 

 Channel Islands - noted as scarce, occasional records from Jersey with single records from Guernsey and 



Alderney, R. Long, 1970(21 ):247 {recorded as Thecla quercus). 



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