Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Vale, Portinfer, 8. viii. 1 953, C.J. Shayer, 1954(15):251 {recorded as Celestrina 

 [sic] argiolus}. 



Guernsey - noted as especially abundant in 1955, C.J. Shayer, 1956(16):19. 



Alderney - 1 specimen taken at Clonque Bay, l.ix.1958, M. Shaffer; [BMNH], 1993(28):30. 



Guernsey - specimens seen, 3.iv. 1959, C.J. Shayer, 1960(16):396. 



Alderney - 1 specimen taken at Essex Hill, 24. viii. 1959, M. Shaffer; [BMNH], 1993(28):30. 



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



Channel Islands - noted as common in all the islands [not recorded from Brecqhou], R. Long, 1970(21):249. 



Guernsey - noted as unusually abundant in v. & early vi.1970, C.J. Shayer, 1970(18):449. 



Alderney - 1 specimen seen in L'Etocq Quarry and noted as numerous on the ivy-clad rocks behind Clonque 



Bay and in the Val des Pommiers in 1972, D.C. Lang, 1972[7] September: 19. 

 Alderney - noted as numerous and double-brooded, with the summer brood always on ivy-tops, the younger 



larvae feeding on the buds, states that the spring brood larvae probably feed on bramble, R.B. Freeman, 



1976[11]:8. 



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



Sark - 1 seen in flight at La Sablonnerie, 16.vii. 1982, R. Woods; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - specimens seen, summer 1982, D.J.L. Agassiz; [pers. comm.]. 



Sark - specimens seen, 16.vii. 1983, T.N.D. Peet & Ent. Sect., Soc. Guernesiaise; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - 4 specimens seen on sea cliffs and footpaths leading to Creux Harbour and around Creux Harbour, 30 & 



3 1 . vii. 1 983, R. Woods; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Alderney - specimens seen, summer 1983, S. Emsley & M. Symes, 1984(19):5 {recorded as Celastrina argiolis 



[sic]}. 



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

 Alderney - specimens seen, v. 1987, M.L. Mendham, 1987(22):20. 



Sark - specimens seen in 1988, J. & A. Kingford & R. Atkinson; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - noted as common, 19. viii. -3. ix. 1989, recorder not listed; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Jersey - unusually high numbers reported in summer of 1989, W.J. Le Quesne, 1990(25):220. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen between 12.iii.-3.ix.1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Herm - specimens seen, early iv. & ix. 1990; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Sark - specimens seen, 7 & 8. v. 1990, E. & P. Brown; [Socie'te Sercquiaise files]. 



Guernsey - noted as generally common, 12-19.vi.1990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J.R. Langmaid; [pers. comm.]. 



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



Sark - specimens seen, 23-30. vi. 1990, J.H. Wood; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



Sark - specimens seen, mid-vii.1990; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 



Sark - noted as common, viii. 1990, J. Langford; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



Alderney - noted as plentiful, with 2 or more broods in 1990, M.L. Mendham, 1991(25): 19. 



Jersey - noted as a relatively poor season in 1991, W.J. Le Quesne, 1992(25):599. 



Sark - several seen over the island, 16-23.V. 1992, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - specimens seen at Port du Moulin, 23.vi.1993 and Eperquerie Common, 25. vi. 1993, 1.C. Beavis; [Societe 

 Sercquiaise files]. 



Herm - specimens seen on path by Long Meadow, 29.vi.1993, M. & M. Shaffer. 

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

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Port de Moulin, 1 1. v. 1994, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Herm - specimens seen on cliff path above Shell Beach, 23.V.1994, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - specimens seen on cliffpath Port du Moulin, 23. vi. 1994, Little Sark, path to Venus Headland and Port 



Gorey, 25.vi.1994, path to The Pot, 28. vi. 1994, 1.C. Beavis; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - noted as common, 5-15.vi.1995, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Herm - specimens seen at Le Creux Pigeon, 21. vii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen in Torteval, Pleinmont, 28. vii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer. 

 Sark - specimens seen in Stock's Lane, 31. vii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Guernsey - 2 generations noted between 5.iv.-23.vi.l996 and between 28.vii.-30.ix.1996, R.A. Austin, 1997:15. 

 Sark - specimens seen near Greve de la Ville, 22. vi. 1996, near lighthouse, 23. vi. 1996, path to Creux Belet, 



25. vi. 1996 and near Dew Pond, 27. vi. 1996, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Eperquerie Common, 3 l.vi. 1996, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 34 specimens seen, mostly around trees and hedges (found difficult to always distinguish from icarus 

 with which it flew), mostly concentrated in south of island and found most numerous at Hog's Back, 

 10.-15.viii.1996, M. Hull; [pers. comm.]. 



Sark - specimens seen on Eperquerie Common, 1 1. v. 1997, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken on Little Sark, Cider Press Cottage, 13.V.1997, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



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