Dietzel Gyula: A Bakony természettudományi kutatásának eredményei 21. - A Bakony nappali lepkéi. (45 színes fotóval) (Zirc, 1997)

Angol nyelvű összefoglaló

THE HISTORY OF BUTTERFLY RESEARCH IN BAKONY At the beginning of the century ANTAL SCHMIDT from the Hungarian National Museum was the first person to make a study of the butterflies of the region. In the 1920's ISTVÁN BORDÁN (a Transsylvanián immigrant) studied the butterflies of the Várpalota Plateau at the Eastern end of the Bakony range and recorded Pieris ergane and Colias chrysotheme for the first time. In the spring and summer of 1943 the famous Hungarian lepidopterist JÓZSEF SZENTIVÁNY collected in the Northern subregion and also visited the Tihany Peninsula and the Balaton Highlands documenting his findings. During this time the first entomological groups were formed. One of the earliest 'circles' held its meetings at Herend, Veszprém. The author attended many of these gatherings as a novice collector. After World War II MIKLÓS NATTÁN of Kaposvár collected widely in the Bakony and at the time possessed one of the largest collections in Hungary. One of the most successful entomological groups was established at Várpalota (later moving to Inota). It focused on surveying the entomological fauna of Bakony's Eastern subregion. Its leaders were MIKLÓS NYÍRÓ, LÁSZLÓ and KÁLMÁN SZEŐKE from Székesfehérvár and the recently deceased ZOLTÁN VESZELOVSZKY. A second very keen and active entomological group was established at Vászoly. Their interests included studying several entomological orders and many dissertations were given to those who were interested in entomology. Permanent members of this group included IMRE KALLÓ, SÁNDOR SIMONYI and LAJOS SZÉCSÉNYI. The group was not entirely made up of lepidopterists. Some coleopterists such as IMRE RETEZÁR, KÁLMÁN GASKÓ and KÁLMÁN SZÉKELY attended meetings and occasionally collected material for the butterfly enthusiasts. A third smaller group was established near Veszprém along the Northeast shore of Lake Balaton. This group was motivated by BÉLA KARTAL who possessed a wonderful collection of fauna from Pápa. The author had the good fortune to collect with Mr. Kartal on numerous occasions. Yet another very active group was based at the Tapolca Basin. Its leader was LAJOS NÉMETH and it was he who discovered the presence of Melitaea ogygia FRHST. in the Bakony region. In the early 1980's PÉTER BARTALOS established a smaller team at Ajka who's membership included ZOLTÁN KOCSY and IMRE TOLOCH, but unfortunately this group disbanded after only five years. In addition to these small entomological groups several individuals are known to have studied butterflies since the late 1960's. In 1967 LÁSZLÓ RÉZBÁNYAI published a paper on the Rhopalocera of the Northern Bakony and in the 1970's LEVENTE ÁBRAHÁM and ÁKOS UHERKOVICH from the Janus Pannonius Museum at Pécs collected in the Eastern Bakony and jointly prepared several papers of their discoveries. They were a very successful collecting team who's faunistic findings were later published by the Pécs Museum. In the 1970's IMRE FAZEKAS also made studies of the Eastern Bakony. His efforts were first concentrated around Királyszállás and Hétházpuszta and, like Ábrahám and Uherkovich, dissertations were made of his findings. Currently Mr. Fazekas is studying the fauna of the Tihany Peninsula. Finally I have to mention SÁNDOR TÓTH and JENŐ PAPP. Both researchers were coordinators of the Bakony Natural Aspect Program and were responsible for editing the BM Zirc year book while working as museologists at the Bakony Museum at Veszprém (which later moved to Zirc). Other individuals who have collected in the Bakony include: LÁSZLÓ BALÁZSHÁZY, GYÖRGY BÜRGÉS, GÉZA GERE, LÁSZLÓ GYUROVICS, BÉLA HERCZIG, ISTVÁN NÓVÁK, LAJOS PODLUSSÁNY, GYULA LEVATICH, GUSZTÁV RÉDL, JÓZSEF TÓTH, ZOLTÁN SZÉP, GYÖRGY BARKÓCZI and the German lepidopterist WALTER BALTRUWEIT. Thanks to the combined efforts and findings of the aforementioned groups and