Alderney - specimens seen on 12 dates between 7. vi .- 1 1 . viii. 1 999; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 



Sark - specimens seen near Port a la Jument and on Le Pondon, 7. vii. 1 999, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe 



Sercquiaise files]; [pers. comm. form Austin database]. 

 Sark - 23 specimens seen, 31.viii.-4.ix. 1999, R.M. & M.E. Veall; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; [pers. comm. from 



Austin database]. 



Sark - 1 dead specimen seen at Le Clos Bouel, l.xi.1999, M.J. Bull; det. M. Shaffer, 2000. 



Sark - specimens seen on track towards Pilcher Monument and nearby coastal slope, 27. vi. 2000; coastal fields 



near Petit Champ, 30. vi. 2000 and on Hog's Back, 1. vii. 2000, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise 



files]. 



Jersey - many specimens seen, viii. 2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen on path leading from Le Pondon to path above Dixcart Bay, 13.vi.2001, M. & M. 

 Shaffer. 



Sark - several specimens seen near Pomme du Chien, 29. vii. 2001, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen near La Coupee, 12. v. 2002, P. De Carteret; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in flight along cliffpath, then veering off over low hedge and across adjacent field; 



from its size and maculation it was concluded as being this species, St. Pierre du Bois cliffpath, 



17.ix.2002, M. & M. Shaffer. 



APHANTOPUS Wallengren, 1853 



hypercwtus (Linnaeus, 1758) Ringlet 

 hyperanthiis; misspelling 

 hyper-anthus; misspelling 



Alderney - noted as common [This is the first mention of the species for the Channel Islands, but Thompson was 

 apparently unaware of this], 1919-24, W.F.K. Thompson, 1924:17 {recorded as Aphantopus hyper- 

 anthus [sic]} [possibly a misidentification, but there is no evidence available, if voucher material was 

 retained, Thompson's specimens need to be traced for confirmation]. 



Jersey - specimens taken and others seen in St. Martin, near Rozel, vii. 1946, W.J. Le Quesne, 1947(14):277 

 [recorded as Aphantopus hxperanthus [sic]}; & 1947a(83):134; R. Long, 1970(21 ):245; F. Le Sueur, 

 1976:161. 



Jersey - 1 specimen seen in St. Martin, near La Coupe, 5. viii. 1951, Mr H. Amy; W.J. Le Quesne, 1952(15):388; 

 & R. Long, 1970(21 ):245. 



DANAINAE 



DANAUS Kluk, 1802 



ANOSIA Hubner, 1816 



plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) Monarch or Milkweed 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in garden in outskirts of St. Peter Port, 2.x. 1886, A.H. Collings; W.A. Luff, 

 1886(19) :278; & 1894d?2):263 [recorded as Anosia plexippus}; R. South, 1906:108; C.J. Shayer, 

 1967a(18):28 & 29; 1969(18):271; stated that an undated specimen now in the Guille-Alles Museum 

 is probably this specimen, R. Long, 1970(21 ):245. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen and apparently reliably identified, 13.x. 1968, probably the same specimen was seen the 

 following day by another reliable witness, recorders not listed; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; & one of the 

 recorders is vaguely referred too in the following extract, "But after my correspondent had returned to 

 Winchester, his parents informed me by telephone that, on Ocober 13th, a specimen of the Milkweed 

 (Monarch) butterfly had been seen at close quarters.", [the names of all recorders concerned remaining 

 unknown], C.J. Shayer, 1969(18):271; R. Long, 1970(21 ):245. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen on Eperquerie Common, 2. vii. 1985, D.S. Thorley; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



Jersey - 1 specimen reported, vii. 1989, whether it was a genuine migrant or an escapee from captive breeding 

 could not be ascertained, W.J. Le Quesne, 1990(25):220. 



Herm - 1 specimen seen near Rosaire Steps, 5.x. 1999, I. Hall; [pers. comm. from Austin database]; R.A. Austin, 

 2000 (9):57 & 2000a(24):556 & 557. 



Jersey - 1 specimen seen on approach road to Airport, 10.x. 2001, N. Pallot; R. & M.L. Long, 2002(28):181. 



BOMBYCOIDEA 

 LASIOCAMPIDAE 

 POECILOCAMPA Stephens, 1828 



populi (Linnaeus, 1758) December Moth 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, ix.1976; [pers. comm. from Austin 

 database], [first Bailiwick record listed by M. Austin as 1976, in unpublished checklist updated to 

 1998, no data given, record has not been published]. 



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