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Kolacek's Gallery of Butterflies

Welcome to KGB - Kolacek's Gallery of Butterflies (and Moths).

Site Content
You can find more than 2900 photos of 363 species of Czech butterflies and moths here. Even though this site is mostly in Czech, English-speaking visitors should be able to appreciate the beauty of Czech butterflies and moths as all important pages feature scientific names of the species.

Papilio machaon - Swallowtail Euphydryas maturna - Scarce Fritillary Apatura iris - Purple Emperor Aglais urticae - Small Tortoiseshell Iphiclides podalirius - Scarce Swallowtail Vanessa atalanta - Red Admiral Parnassius apollo - Apollo

Click here for alphabetical index of scientific names.

Click here to display systematic list of species (including scientific names) in the left frame.

Click here to navigate through thumbnails of all butterfly and moth species.

Recently added photos (in Czech with thumbnails).

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Macroglossum stellatarum - Hummingbird Hawk-moth Inachis io - Peacock Zerynthia polyxena - Southern Festoon Nymphalis polychloros - Large Tortoiseshell Parnassius mnemosyne - Clouded Apollo Pieris brassicae - Large White Nymphalis antiopa - Camberwell Beauty

Photographic Equipment
March 2011: Lens addition - Canon EF 100/2.8 IS L Macro
August 2007: Body replacement - Canon EOS 30D DSLR
January 2006: Lens addition - Sigma 180/3.5 EX DG Macro lens
Since April 2005: Canon EOS 350D DSLR, Sigma 105/2.8 EX DG Macro lens
2004: Olympus Camedia C-750, Olympus MCON-40 macro conversion lens
2001-2003: Olympus Camedia C-700, Olympus MCON-40 macro conversion lens
2000: Canon EOS 300 SLR

Literature

Books:

[1]  Novák, I. - Severa, F.: Motýli; Aventinum, Praha, 2002
[2]  Beneš, J. a kol.: Motýli České republiky: Rozšíření a ochrana I,II; SOM, Praha, 2002
[3]  Hanzák, J. - Moucha, J., - Zahradník, J.: Světem zvířat, V. díl (2. část), Bezobratlí II; Albatros, Praha, 1979
[4]  Moucha, J. - Procházka, F.: Motýli; SNDK, Praha, 1962
[5]  Landman, W.: Encyklopedie motýlů; Rebo Productions, Čestlice, 1999
[6]  Macek, J. a kol.: Motýli a housenky střední Evropy, Noční motýli I., II.; Academia, Praha, 2007, 2008

and websites:

[a]  Mazzei, P. - Reggianti, D. - Pimpinelli, I.: Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa; http://www.leps.it
[b]  Buda, M.: Butterflies and moths of Slovakia; http://www.motyle.sk (not accessible anymore)
[c]  Coombes, S.: Captain's European Butterfly Guide; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk
[d]  Rowling, M.: Matt's European Butterflies; http://www.eurobutterflies.com
[e]  Maier, M.: European Butterflies; http://www.geocities.com/europeanbutterflies/
[f]  Zicha, O. (ed.): BioLib; http://www.biolib.cz/

Author: Marek Vojtisek,
Established June 8, 2004 | Latest update of English intro page April 22, 2012
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