education and training
- B.A., Brown University
- Ph.D., Tufts University
Robbins, Robert
Research Entomologist and Curator of Lepidoptera
Systematics of Lycaenidae, evolutionary biology of butterflies, patterns of butterfly diversity.
Background And Education
Publications
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- A DNA barcode library for the butterflies of North America 2021
- A switch to feeding on cycads generates parallel accelerated evolution of toxin tolerance in two clades of Eumaeus caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) 2021
- Congruence between morphology-based species and Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) in Neotropical Eumaeini (Lycaenidae) 2021
- Evolutionary trade-offs between male secondary sexual traits revealed by a phylogeny of the hyperdiverse tribe Eumaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) 2021
- The lycaenid butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera) of Cosñipata, Peru: annotated checklist, elevational patterns, and rarity 2021
- One side makes you taller: a mushroom–eating butterfly caterpillar (Lycaenidae) in Costa Rica 2020
- A highly resolved food web for insect seed predators in a species-rich tropical forest 2019
- Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of an urban park in northeastern Brazil 2019
- Hairstreak butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) and evolution of their male secondary sexual organs 2019
- Phylogenetic Classification of the Atlides Section of the Eumaeini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) 2019
- Pupation Sites and Conservation of Frosted Elfins (Lycaenidae) in Maryland, USA 2019
- A cross-continental comparison of assemblages of seed- and fruit-feeding insects in tropical rain forests: Faunal composition and rates of attack 2018
- When COI barcodes deceive: complete genomes reveal introgression in hairstreaks 2017
- Allopatry and parapatry in hairstreak butterflies (Lycaenidae, Eumaeini) with uniform male sexual structures 2016
- Annotated checklist and biogeographic composition of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad, West Indies 2016
- Complete genomes of Hairstreak butterflies, their speciation, and nucleo-mitochondrial incongruence 2016
- Natural history of the mistletoe-feeding Thereus lomalarga (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini) in Colombia 2016
- Variation of Male Secondary Sexual Structures and the Taxonomy of Theritas lisus and Relatives (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini) 2016
- Siderus nouraguensis n. sp., Nicolaea salki n. sp. et Ostrinotes silva n. sp. (Lepidoptera : Theclinae : Eumaeini) 2015
- A New Montane Hairstreak Species from Central America in the Detritivorous Genus Kisutam ( Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) 2015
- Evolutionary gain of male secondary sexual structures in the widespread Neotropical montane genus Lathecla (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini) 2015
- Is the globally rare frosted elfin butterfly (Lycaenidae) two genetically distinct host plant races in Maryland? DNA evidence from cast larval skins provides an answer 2015
- Male Secondary Sexual Structures and the Systematics of the Thereus oppia species Group (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini) 2015
- Phylogenetic position of Electrostrymon picoloro, a new high elevation hairstreak from western Colombia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) 2015
- Arawacus euptychia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) is no longer an obscure species 2014
- Description d’un nouveau Lycaenidae de l’inselberg des Nouragues et de deux autres espèces inédites provenant de la forêt de la Montagne de Kaw en Guyane (Lepidoptera : Theclinae : Eumaeini) 2014
- Report of the 14th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting, Oxford, UK, September 17-21, 2012 2014
- A butterfly with olive green eyes discovered in the United States and the Neotropics (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini) 2013
- Comment on the proposed establishment of availability of Balintus d’Abrera, 2001, Gulliveria d’Abrera & Bálint, 2001, Salazaria d’Abrera & Bálint, 2001, Megathecla Robbins, 2002 and Gullicaena Bálint, 2002 (Insecta, Lepidoptera, LYCAENIDAE) (Case 3458; see BZN 65: 188–193; 66: 271–272, 349–351; 68: 206–211; 69: 60–61, 281–283; 70: 201) 2013
- Cría en laboratorio de las "joyas vivientes" de El Salvador, Evenus regalis (Cramer) y Evenus batesii (Hewitson) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) 2013
- Comment on the proposed establishment of availability of Balintus d’Abrera, 2001, Gulliveria d’Abrera & Bálint, 2001, Salazaria d’Abrera & Bálint, 2001, Megathecla Robbins, 2002 and Gullicaena Bálint, 2002 (Insecta, Lepidoptera, LYCAENIDAE) 2012
- Loss of male secondary sexual structures in allopatry in the Neotropical butterfly genus Arcas (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini) 2012
- Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus Oenomaus (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini) 2012
- The Nicaraguan Hairstreak Butterfly Fauna (Theclinae: Eumaeini), its Biogeography, and the History of Nicaraguan Collectors 2012
- Species level taxonomy of the Neotropical hairstreak genus Porthecla (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini) 2011
- A tale of two species: detritivory, parapatry, and sexual dimorphism in Lamprospilus collucia and L. orcidia(Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini) 2010
- Borboletas Da Mata Atlântica do Estado do Rio De Janeiro: Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) 2010
- Description and phylogenetic analysis of the Calycopidina (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini): a subtribe of detritivores 2010
- Four Commonly Confused Hairstreaks (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini): Three Need Names, One does Not 2010
- Identity of Palaeonympha avinoffi Schaus, a Satyrine Butterfly from China (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) 2010
- Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Neotropical Thepytus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Theclinae) 2010
- The “upside down” systematics of hairstreak butterflies (Lycaenidae) that eat pineapple and other Bromeliaceae 2010
- A replacement name for Thecla maculata Lathy, 1936 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Eumaeini) 2009
- Comment on the proposed establishment of availability of Balintus d’Abrera, 2001, Gulliveria d’Abrera & Bálint, 2001, Salazaria d’Abrera & Bálint, 2001, Megathecla Robbins, 2002 and Gullicaena Bálint, 2002 (Insecta, Lepidoptera, LYCAENIDAE) (Case 3458; see BZN 65: 188–193, 66: 271–272) 2009
- Immature Stages of Calycopis bellera (Hewitson) and C. janeirica (Felder) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini): Taxonomic Significance and New Evidence for Detritivory 2009
- Integration of DNA barcoding into an ongoing inventory of complex tropical biodiversity 2009
- Lista preliminar de los Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) en Bolivia [preliminary checklist for Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) in Bolivia] 2009
- Updated Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Diversification of Janthecla Robbins & Venables (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini) 2009
- Balintus D’Abrera, 2001, Gulliveria D’Abrera & Bálint, 2001, Salazaria D’Abrera & Bálint, 2001, Megathecla Robbins, 2002 and Gullicaena Bálint, 2002 (Insecta, Lepidoptera, LYCAENIDAE): proposed establishment of availability (Case 3458) 2008
- Nomenclature, variation, and the biological species concept in Lamasina (Lycaenidae : Theclinae : Eumaeini) 2008
- Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Sympatry of Timaeta (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini): An Andean Montane Forest Endemic 2008
- Evolution, Comparative Morphology, and Identification of the Emaeine Butterfly Genus Rekoa Kay (Lycaenidae: Theclinae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-64.
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