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Bob Robbins, Curator of Lepidoptera

Phone:   202-633-1042 Fax:   202-786-3141 E-mail Address:   robbinsr@si.edu USPS Address: Smithsonian Institution PO Box 37012, MRC 105, Rm. E-514 Washington, DC 20013-7012 Private Carrier Address: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History 10th & Constitution NW Washington, DC 20560-0105 Education: AB: Brown University PhD: Tufts University

Research Interest: Systematics of Lycaenidae, evolutionary biology of butterflies, patterns of butterfly diversity.

Selected Publications:

Robbins, R. K. and G. Lamas. 2006. Stabilizing the Nomenclature of Fabrician Names of North American Hairstreaks (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini). Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 60(2): 86 91.

Robbins, R. K. and M. Duarte. 2006. Systematic placement of Lycaena cogina Schaus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae), a biogeographically disjunct new world species. Proceedings Entomological Society of Washington 108(1): 226-236.

Duarte, M, R. K. Robbins and O. H H. Mielke. 2005. Immature stages of Calycopis caulonia (Hewitson, 1877) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini), with notes on rearing detritivorous hairstreaks on artificial
diet. Zootaxa 1063: 1-31.

Nicolay, S. S. and R. K. Robbins. 2005. Five new dry-area South American Strymon species (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) and their biogeographic significance. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 38: 35-49.

Robbins, R. K. & M. Duarte. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of Cyanophrys Clench, a synopsis of its species, and the potentially threatened C. bertha (Jones) (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini). Proceedings Entomological
Society of Washington 107: 398-416.

Robbins, R. K. and M. Duarte. 2005. Two phylogenetically significant new Calycopis species (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 38: 27-34.

Robbins, R. K. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships among the species of Panthiades Hübner (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini). Proceedings Entomological Society of Washington 107: 501-509.

Hall, J. W., R. K. Robbins, and D. J. Harvey. 2004. Extinction and biogeography in the Caribbean: new evidence from a fossil riodinid butterfly in Dominican amber. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 271: 797-801.

Robbins, R. K. 2004. Tribe Eumaeini. Pp. 118-137. In: Lamas, G., ed. (ed.). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville.

Robbins, R. K. & G. Lamas. 2004. Thecla azia Hewitson, 1873 (Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposed conservation of the specific name (Case 3282). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 61(2): 98-99.

Robbins, R. K. and M. Duarte. 2004. Description of new butterfly genera. Lycaenidae, Eumaeini. Pp. 275-282. In: Lamas, G. (ed.). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Scientific
Publishers, Gainesville.

Robbins, R. K. 2004. Introduction to the checklist of Eumaeini (Lycaenidae). Pp. 24-30. In: Lamas, G. (ed.). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers,
Gainesville.

Caldas, A. and R. K. Robbins. 2003. Modified Pollard transects for assessing tropical butterfly abundance and diversity. Biological Conservation 110: 211-219.

Robbins, R. K. 2002. Replacement Names in the Eumaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104: 820-821.

Robbins, R. K. and S. S. Nicolay. 2002. On Overview of Strymon Hubner (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini). Journal of the Lepidoptera Society 55: 85-100.

Robbins, R. K. and G. Lamas. 2001. Nomenclatural Changes in the Neotropical Eumaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae). Revta Bras. Zool. 19: 197-214.

Robbins, R. K. 2000. The New World Hairstreak Genus Arawacus Kaye (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 102(1): 162-169..

Robbins, R. K. and Nicolay, S. S. 1998. Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Strymon istapa and S. columella (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 52(3): 318-327.

Robbins, R. K. and Nicolay, S. S. 1998. Taxonmomy of Strymon toussainti, S. andrewi, S. amonensis, and S. rhaptos (Lycaenidae: Theclinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 52(3): 328-334.

Robbins, R. K. and Opler, P. A. 1997. Butterfly diversity and a preliminary comparison with with bird and mammal diversity. In: Wilson, D. E., Reaka-Kudla, M. L. and Wilson, E. O. (eds.). Biodiversity II, Understanding and Protecting Our Biological Resources. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC.

Lamas, G., Robbins, R. K., Harvey, D. J. 1996. Mariposas del alto Río Napo, Loreto, Perú (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea y Hesperioidea). Revista Peruana de Entomologia 39: 63-74.

Medina, M. C., Robbins, R. K. and Lamas, G. 1996. Vertical Stratification of Flight by Ithomiine Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) at Pakitza, Manu National Park, Peru. P. 679 pp. In: Wilson, D. E. and A. Sandoval
(eds.). Manu: The Biodiversity of Southeastern Peru. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.

Robbins, R. K., Lamas, G., Mielke, O. H. H., Harvey, D. J., Casagrande, M. 1996. Taxonomic composition and ecological structure of the species-rich butterfly community at Pakitza, Parque Nacional del Manu, Peru. Pp.
217-252. In: Wilson, D. E. and A. Sandoval (eds.). Manu: The Biodiversity of Southeastern Peru. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.

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