Carterocephalus palaemon (Chequered/Arctic Skipper)

[John Worth]

Matt Smith <MatSmith1 at compuserve.com> wrote in message
news:37bf24de.865964 at news.compuserve.com...
> On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 23:03:12 +0100, "John Worth"
> <johnworth at worth20.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >> >Does anyone have any old English records + habitat notes and the
like?.
>
> >Intrigued to see that there is a chequered skipper speciman in Leeds
museum
> >labelled Bude. I can find no record of this spp for Cornwall in Frank
Smiths
> >"Moths and Butterflies of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly" or in the New
> >ERICA database.  Any chance of further info
> >
> >
> What is the ERICA database.  It is not something I have heard of
> before.

A database covering Cornwall, UK containing over one million records of 20
000+ spp.  It was developed by Dr Colin French (current BSBI recorder for
VC1) for the CBRU (now defunct) which was part of the ICS.

Just in case :<)  BSBI - Botantical Society of the British Isles
VC1 - Vice county one ie west Cornwall
CBRU - Cornish Biological Records Centre which sadly no longer exists
ICS - Institute of Cornish Studies, part of the University of Exeter, with
additional funding from Cornwall County Council, which conducts research on
Cornish history, its people, etc. Hence my curiosity re the chequered
skipper speciman in Leeds museum.

I am lucky enough to have a copy as I'm the Cornish recorder for Butterfly
Conservation and am always on the lookout for Cornish records.