Guernsey - noted as fairly common, 14-15.vi.1887, F.W. Hawes, 1888(21 ):64. 



Sark - noted as common, 16. vi. 1887, F.W. Hawes, 1886(21):64 {recorded as L[ycaena] icarus}. 



Herm - specimens seen, 18. vi. 1887, F.W. Hawes, 1886(21):64 {recorded as L[ycaena] icarus}. 



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



Jethou - 1 specimen taken, 26. vi. 1894, W.A. Luff, 1905b:388 {recorded as Lycaena icarus, Rott. }. 



Alderney - noted as very common, iv.-vi.1897, F.A. Walker, 1897(30):223 {recorded as Polyommatus alexis}; 



& W.A. Luff, 1898a(3):176 {recorded as Polyommatus icarus}. 

 Alderney - noted as abundant in 1899 by E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 1900f(3):392 {recorded as Lycaena 



icarus, Rott. } . 



Herm - noted as very common, i v.-viii. 1 904, E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 1905a:378 {recorded as Lycaena 

 icarus, Rott. } . 



Sark - noted as abundant, 9-14.vii.1906, W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):188 {recorded as Lycaena icarus, Rott.}. 

 Guernsey - noted as fairly abundant in Torteval, Pleinmont, 1 8. v. 19 14. F.E. Lowe, 1915(7):121 {recorded as 

 Lycaena icarus } . 



Alderney - noted as very common, 1919-24, W.F.K. Thompson, 1924:17 {recorded as L[ycaena] icarus}. 

 Jersey - noted as very common. All $$ seen were heavily suffused with blue, and lacked the greyish marks 



above the orange lunules on upperside of hind wing so general in British examples; vi.-vii. 1 922, N.D. 



Riley, 1925(58) : 150. 



Guernsey - noted that bright blue $$ were replacing the typical form, [viii .] 1 922, E.B. King, 1923(56):19. 

 Sark - specimens seen, 25.viii.1922, W.J. Kaye, 1922(34): 175. 

 Herm - specimens seen, viii. 1922, W.J. Kaye, 1922(34):175. 

 Alderney - specimens seen, viii. 1922, W.J. Kaye, 1922(34): 175. 



Sark - specimens taken, 29.v. & 30.vii.1931 (2nd brood), L.H. Newman, 1931(43):184-185; & 1933(11):154; 



[Rothschild Collection, BMNH]. 

 Jersey - noted as abundant especially in St. Brelade, the Quenevais, adults found from May to September, A.C. 



Halliwell, 1933a([12?]):116 {recorded as Lycaena icarus}. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at end of v.- mid-vi. and abundant in viii. 1942, 1$ taken in June was large, spanning 



3.3cm, C.J. Shayer, 1942(13):373. 

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

 Guernsey - specimens seen in mid-vii.1944, C.J. Shayer, 1946a(13):398. 



Guernsey - specimens seen, 13. v. 1945; thousands reported in Castel, the field across from Cobo, viii. 1945, C.J. 



Shayer, 1946b(13):402. 

 Herm - noted as abundant, 29.vii.1945, C.J. Shayer, 1946b(13):405. 

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

 Guernsey - noted as uncommon in 1946, C.J. Shayer, 1948(14): 12. 

 Guernsey - noted as abundant by mid-vii into viii. 1947, C.J. Shayer, 1948a(14):123. 



Guernsey - large numbers seen in Castel, Grandes Rocques and Port Soif, 16.v. 1948, C.J. Shayer, 1949(14):237. 

 Guernsey - scores of specimens seen in Castel, Grandes Rocques and Vale, Portinfer, 15.V.1949; seen in droves 



in Castel, the Grandes Rocques district, 24.vii.1949, C.J. Shayer, 1950(14):348. 

 Sark - specimens seen in large numbers, 1 8. vii. 195 1 , C.J. Shayer, 1952(15):97. 



Guernsey - noted as common in Torteval, La Creux Mahie and Pleinmont, 5. vii. 1953, C.J. Shayer, 

 1954(15):250. 



Guernsey - noted as very common in Vale, the Portinfer district, late viii. 1953, C.J. Shayer, 1954(15):250. 

 Guernsey - noted as being normally abundant in Vale, Portinfer, 15. viii. 1954, C.J. Shayer, 1955 (15):342. 

 Guernsey - noted as producing more than 1 brood in 1955; seen to be swarming during late summer, especially 



along the north and west coasts, C.J. Shayer, 1956(16): 18. 

 Guernsey - noted as fairly common in Vale, Portinfer, 8. viii. 1 956, C.J. Shayer, 1957(16):126. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at L'Etoc Quarry, 23. viii. 1958, M. Shaffer; [BMNH], 1993(28):30. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at Les Boufresses, 26.viii.1958, M. Shaffer; [BMNH], 1993(28):30. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at Longy Bay, Raz Island, 29.viii.1958, M. Shaffer; [BMNH], 1993(28):30. 

 Herm - noted as exceptionally abundant, 30. viii. 1958, C.J. Shayer, 1959a(16):320. 

 Guernsey - noted as being normally common, vii. 1959, C.J. Shayer, 1960(16):396. 

 Herm - considerable numbers observed, 4. viii. 1959, C.J. Shayer, 1960(16):396. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at Val Pommier, 28.vii.1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Guernsey - noted as relatively scarce in 1962, C.J. Shayer, 1963(17):286. 

 Guernsey - noted as more common than usual in 1964, C.J. Shayer, 1965(17):532. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Pierre du Bois, Rocquaine Bay, 25. viii. 1965, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen in Vale, Grande Havre, early viii. 1966, J. Reid, 1967(18):1. 

 Guernsey Bailiwick - noted as common in all the islands, C.J. Shayer, 1967a(18):28 & 29. 



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