Jethou - 1 specimen taken, 25. vi. 1890, W.A. Luff, 1890a(l)139 {recorded as Epiniphele [sic] janira};& 

 1905b:388 {recorded as Epinephele janira, L.}; W.A. Luff, in, G.T. Derrick, 1891c(2):79 {recorded as 

 Epinephele ianira [sic]}. 



Jethou - 3 specimens taken, 26.vi.1894, W.A. Luff, 1905b:388 {recorded as Epinephele janira, L. }. 



Alderney - noted as very abundant, iv.-vi.1897, F.A. Walker, 1897(30):223 {recorded as Satyrus ianira [sic]}; 



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

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



Epinephele ianira [sic], L. }. 



Herm - noted as common, brightly marked, iv.-viii. 1904, E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 1905a :378 {recorded 

 as Epinephele janira, L. }. 



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

 Guernsey - noted as abundant in Torteval, Pleinmont, 22.vi.1915, F.E. Lowe, 1916(7): 195 {recorded as 

 Epinephele jurtina } . 



Guernsey - noted as exceptionally common, especially around hedges and borders in Torteval, Pleinmont, 1 

 aberrant specimen taken with centre of all wings white, F.E. Lowe, 1918(8):14-15 {recorded as 

 Epinephele jurtina} [ab. possibly referable to ab. alba Blackie]. 



Alderney - noted as common, 1919-24, W.F.K. Thompson, 1924:17 {recorded as Efpinephele] janira}. 



Jersey - noted as common everywhere, very constant, stated to be quite unlike the British west coast forms from 

 Scilly Is., Cornwall, Ireland and west of Scotland, and much more closely resembling south and central 

 English specimens. 1$ was noted to be exact counterpart of ab. semialba; vi-vii. 1925, N.D. Riley, 

 1925(58):150 {recorded as Epinephele jurtina L. and ab. semialba Blackie}. 



Sark - specimens seen, 25.viii.1922, W.J. Kaye, 1922(34):175 {recorded as Epinephele jurtina}. 



Herm - specimens seen, viii.1922, W.J. Kaye, 1922(34): 175 {recorded as Epinephele jurtina}. 



Sark - 1%SS, 20$$ taken, 16.vi.-10.viiU931, L.H. Newman, 1931(43):184 {recorded as Epinephele jurtina}; 

 & 1933(11):154 {recorded as Hipparchia jurtina}; [Rothschild collection, BMNH]. 



Jersey - noted as less abundant than usual due to a wet summer in 1931, A.C. Halliwell, 1932 ([11?]):8. 



Jersey - noted as common in July and August, A.C. Halliwell, 1933a([12?]):115 {recorded as Epinephele 

 janira}. 



Guernsey - swarms seen in viii.1942, C.J. Shayer, 1943(13):373. 

 Guernsey - noted as numerous by early vi.1943, C.J. Shayer, 1946(13):395. 

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

 Herm - specimens seen, 29.vii.1945, C.J. Shayer, 1946b(13):405. 

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



Guernsey - noted as unusually abundant at end of vi.1947, C.J. Shayer, 1948a(14):123. 



Guernsey - swarms seen in Torteval, Pleinmont, 2.vii. 1 948, C.J. Shayer, 1949(14):237. 



Guernsey - noted as exceptionally abundant in late vi. through to vii. 1949, C.J. Shayer, 1950(14): 349. 



Guernsey - noted as fewer in number than usual in 1950, C.J. Shayer, 1951(15):18. 



Sark - specimens seen in large numbers, 18. vii. 1951, C.J. Shayer, 1952(15):97. 



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

 1954(15):250. 



Guernsey - noted to be scanty in numbers and irregular in appearance, but many counted in Vale, Portinfer on 



15.viii. 1954, C.J. Shayer, 1955(15):342. 

 Guernsey - noted as abundant during vii. and early viii.1955, C.J. Shayer, 1956(16):18. 

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

 Guernsey - for several years requests were made to C.J. Shayer and Mi- Jee for study material to aid in the 



researches on insular variation in restricted populations, by Mr W.H. Dowdeswell of Winchester 



College, and Dr. E.B. Ford of Oxford University, material was provided, but in insufficient numbers 



for their research; C.J. Shayer, 1962(17):100. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at Quoire, 24.vii.1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Alderney - 2 specimens taken at Essex Hill, 24. vii. 1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at Val de Fontaine, 31. vii. 1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Jethou - noted as exceedingly common, 23. vii. 1964, C.J. Shayer, 1965(17):532. 

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

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Martin, Jerbourg, 22.viii.1965, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Brecqhou - specimens seen, 21. ix. 1967, R.H. Le Pelley, 1975(19):386. 

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

 Brecqhou - specimens seen, 5. viii. 1970, R.H. Le Pelley, 1975(19):386. 



Channel Islands - noted as very common, stating that 80 years ago it was the commonest butterfly in the islands, 

 R. Long, 1970(21):245. 



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