Carterocephalus palaemon (Chequered/Arctic Skipper)

[David Larkin]

>Does anyone have any old English records + habitat notes and the like?. I'm
>trying to pull together as many old records for the butterfly as possible
so
>I can chart its decline accurately. There are specimens in Leeds museum
>labelled Bude, Cornwall 1923, Kent 1902-1923 and there are others knocking
>about from Devon, Norfolk and South Yorkshire aswell as the zillions
>expected from Lincs, Leics, Notts, Northants, Cambs etc. All records
welcome
>but especially lesser known areas.
>
>John Moore
>Bristol UK (Birmingham University)

Try contacting the Booth Museem in Brighton. They have a great bustard in
their bird collection so may well have extinct butterflies in their
butterfly collection. Phone the council switchboard on 01273 290000 and ask
for Gerald Legg. He coordinates wildlife records for the area so might be
able to help there as well.