Robert Robbins

• Ph.D., Tufts University
• B.A., Brown University

Systematics of Lycaenidae, evolutionary biology of butterflies, patterns of butterfly diversity.

Journal Article

• de-Dios, Toni, Fontsere, Claudia, Renom, Pere, Stiller, Josefin, Llovera, Laia, Uliano-Silva, Marcela, Sánchez-Gracia, Alejandro, Wright, Charlotte, Lizano, Esther, Caballero, Berta, Navarro, Arcadi, Civit, Sergi, Robbins, Robert K., Blaxter, Mark, Marquès-Bonet, Tomàs, Vila, Roger, and Lalueza-Fox, Carles. 2023. "Whole-genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species." Preprint, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.87928.2.
• Greve, Roberto R., Carneiro, Eduardo, Mielke, Olaf H. H., Robbins, Robert K., Callaghan, Curtis J., and Freitas, André V. L. 2023. "Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Iguaçu National Park and surrounding areas in southern Brazil: a long-term survey, with six new records for the Brazilian fauna." Biota Neotropica, 23, (3). https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2023-1487.
• Turner, Jon D., McInnis, Michael L., Lamas, Gerardo, and Robbins, Robert K. 2023. "Riodinid butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera) of the Cosñipata Region, Peru: Annotated checklist, community structure, and contrast with Lycaenidae." Insecta Mundi, 988 1–35.
• Laurent, Ryan A. St, Goldstein, Paul Z., and Robbins, Robert K. 2023. "A new genus of Heterocampinae (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae) from Central and South America." Insect Systematics & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-bja10053.
• Sierra‐Botero, Laura, Calonje, Michael, Robbins, Robert K., Rosser, Neil, Pierce, Naomi E., López‐Gallego, Cristina, and Valencia-Montoya, Wendy A. 2023. "Cycad phylogeny predicts host plant use of Eumaeus butterflies." Ecology and Evolution, 13, (4). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9978.
• St Laurent, Ryan A., Goldstein, Paul Z., Miller, Scott E., and Robbins, Robert K. 2023. "Hiding in plain sight: Phylogenomics reveals a new branch on the Noctuoidea tree of life." Systematic Entomology, https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12614.
• St Laurent, Ryan A., Goldstein, Paul Z., Miller, James S., Markee, Amanda, Staude, Hermann S., Kawahara, Akito Y., Miller, Scott E., and Robbins, Robert K. 2023. "Phylogenetic systematics, diversification, and biogeography of Cerurinae (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) and a description of a new genus." Insect Systematics and Diversity, 7, (2). https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixad004.
• Mota, Luisa L., Boddington, Stephen J., Jr, Keith S. Brown, Callaghan, Curtis J., Carter, Gill, Carter, Will, Dantas, Sidnei M., Dolibaina, Diego R., Garwood, Kim, Hoyer, Richard C., Robbins, Robert K., Soh, Aaron, Willmott, Keith R., and Freitas, Andre V. L. 2022. "The butterflies of Cristalino Lodge, in the Brazilian southern Amazonia: An updated species list with a significant contribution from citizen science." Biota Neotropica, 22, (3). https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2022-1367.
• Faynel, Christophe and Robbins, Robert K. 2022. "Cunoniaceae, nuevo registro de familia de plantas hospederas para los géneros altoandinos Penaincisalia y Micandra (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)." Revista Peruana de Biología, 29, (3). https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v29i3.23216.
• Robbins, Robert K., Cong, Qian, Zhang, Jing, Shen, Jinhui, Busby, Robert C., Faynel, Christophe, Duarte, Marcelo, Martins, Ananda R. P., Prieto, Carlos, Lamas, Gerardo, and Grishin, Nick V. 2022. "Genomics‐based higher classification of the species‐rich hairstreaks (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)." Systematic Entomology, https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12541.
• Valencia-Montoya, Wendy A., Quental, Tiago B., Tonini, João Filipe R., Talavera, Gerard, Crall, James D., Lamas, Gerardo, Busby, Robert C., Carvalho, Ana Paula S., Morais, Ana B., Oliveira Mega, Nicolás, Romanowski, Helena Piccoli, Liénard, Marjorie A., Salzman, Shayla, Whitaker, Melissa R. L., Kawahara, Akito Y., Lohman, David J., Robbins, Robert K., and Pierce, Naomi E. 2021. "Evolutionary trade-offs between male secondary sexual traits revealed by a phylogeny of the hyperdiverse tribe Eumaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, (1950). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2512.
• D'Ercole, Jacopo, Dincă, Vlad, Opler, Paul A., Kondla, Norbert, Schmidt, Christian, Phillips, Jarrett D., Robbins, Robert, Burns, John M., Miller, Scott E., Grishin, Nick, Zakharov, Evgeny V., deWaard, Jeremy R., Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, and Hebert, Paul D. N. 2021. "A DNA barcode library for the butterflies of North America." PeerJ, 9. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11157.
• Dos Santos Cajé, Suianne O., Duarte-De-Melo, Jefferson, Alves Dos Santos, Keylla L., Suenia-Bastos, Ayane, De Moura Lima, Iracilda M., and Robbins, Robert K. 2021. "Natural History and Parasitoids of <i>Arawacus ellida</i> (Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) in Brazil." Journal of the Lepidopterists Society, 75, (4) 235–240. https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.75i4.a2.
• Robbins, Robert K., Cong, Qian, Zhang, Jing, Shen, Jinhui, Quer Riera, Julia, Murray, Debra, Busby, Robert C., Faynel, Christophe, Hallwachs, Winnie, Janzen, Daniel H., and Grishin, Nick V. 2021. "A switch to feeding on cycads generates parallel accelerated evolution of toxin tolerance in two clades of Eumaeus caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118, (7). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018965118.
• Faynel, Christophe, Hausmann, Axel, Prieto, Carlos, and Robbins, Robert K. 2021. "Congruence between morphology-based species and Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) in Neotropical Eumaeini (Lycaenidae)." PeerJ, 9. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11843.
• McInnis, Michael L., Busby, Robert C., Lamas, Gerardo, and Robbins, Robert K. 2021. "The lycaenid butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera) of Cosñipata, Peru: annotated checklist, elevational patterns, and rarity." Insecta Mundi, 0861 1–34.
• Nishida, Kenji and Robbins, Robert K. 2020. "One side makes you taller: a mushroom–eating butterfly caterpillar (Lycaenidae) in Costa Rica." Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 15, (4) 463–470. https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.15.e57998.
• Gripenberg, Sofia, Basset, Yves, Lewis, Owen T., Terry, J. Christopher D., Wright, S. Joseph, Simón, Indira, Fernández, D. Catalina, Cedeño-Sanchez, Marjorie, Rivera, Marleny, Barrios, Héctor, Brown, John W., Calderón, Osvaldo, Cognato, Anthony I., Kim, Jorma, Miller, Scott E., Morse, Geoffrey E., Pinzón-Navarro, Sara, Quicke, Donald L. J., Robbins, Robert K., Salminen, Juha-Pekka, and Vesterinen, Eero. 2019. "A highly resolved food web for insect seed predators in a species-rich tropical forest." Ecology Letters, 22, (10) 1638–1649. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13359.
• Martins, Ananda Regina Pereira, Duarte, Marcelo, and Robbins, Robert K. 2019. "Hairstreak butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) and evolution of their male secondary sexual organs." Cladistics, 35, (2) 173–197. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12355.
• Martins, Ananda Regina Pereira, Duarte, Marcelo, and Robbins, Robert K. 2019. "Phylogenetic Classification of the Atlides Section of the Eumaeini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)." Zootaxa, 4563, (1) 119. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4563.1.6.
• Melo, Douglas H. A., Duarte, Marcelo, Mielke, Olaf H. H., Robbins, Robert K., and Freitas, André V. L. 2019. "Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of an urban park in northeastern Brazil." Biota Neotropica, 19, (1). https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0614.
• Selfridge, J., Bachran, K., McElveen, D., Robbins, Robert K., and Ransom, T. 2019. "Pupation Sites and Conservation of Frosted Elfins (Lycaenidae) in Maryland, USA." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 72, (2) 87–92. https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.73i2.a3.
• Basset, Yves, Dahl, Chris, Ctvrtecka, Richard, Gripenberg, Sofia, Lewis, Owen T., Segar, Simon T., Klimes, Petr, Barrios, Héctor, Brown, John W., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butcher, Buntika A., Cognato, Anthony I., Davies, Stuart, Kaman, Ondrej, Knizek, Milos, Miller, Scott E., Morse, Geoffrey E., Novotny, Vojtech, Pongpattananurak, Nantachai, Pramual, Pairot, Quicke, Donald L. J., Robbins, Robert K., Sakchoowong, Watana, Schutze, Mark, Vesterinen, Eero J. et al. 2018. "A cross-continental comparison of assemblages of seed- and fruit-feeding insects in tropical rain forests: Faunal composition and rates of attack." Journal of Biogeography, 45, (6) 1395–1407. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13211.
• Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Borek, Dominika, Robbins, Robert K., Opler, Paul A., Otwinowski, Zbyszek, and Grishin, Nick V. 2017. "When COI barcodes deceive: complete genomes reveal introgression in hairstreaks." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284, (1848) 20161735. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.1735.
• Cock, Matthew J. W. and Robbins, Robert K. 2016. "Annotated checklist and biogeographic composition of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad, West Indies." Insecta Mundi, 0506 1–33.
• Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Borek, Dominika, Robbins, Robert K., Otwinowski, Zbyszek, and Grishin, Nick V. 2016. "Complete genomes of Hairstreak butterflies, their speciation, and nucleo-mitochondrial incongruence." Scientific Reports, 6 24863. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep24863.
• Heredia, María Dolores and Robbins, Robert K. 2016. "Natural history of the mistletoe-feeding Thereus lomalarga (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini) in Colombia." Zootaxa, 4117, (3) 301. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4117.3.1.
• Martins, Ananda Regina Pereira, Faynel, Christophe, and Robbins, Robert K. 2016. "Variation of Male Secondary Sexual Structures and the Taxonomy of Theritas lisus and Relatives (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 118, (4) 555–573. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.118.4.555.
• Thompson, Paul M. and Robbins, Robert K. 2016. "Allopatry and parapatry in hairstreak butterflies (Lycaenidae, Eumaeini) with uniform male sexual structures." Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 14 53–68. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.266462.
• Faynel, Christophe and Robbins, Robert K. 2015. "Siderus nouraguensis n. sp., Nicolaea salki n. sp. et Ostrinotes silva n. sp. (Lepidoptera : Theclinae : Eumaeini)." Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.): International Journal of Entomology., 51, (2) 196. https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2015.1064201.
• Frye, Jennifer A. and Robbins, Robert K. 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." Journal of Insect Conservation, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-015-9783-4.
• Prieto, Carlos D. and Robbins, Robert K. 2015. "Phylogenetic position of Electrostrymon picoloro, a new high elevation hairstreak from western Colombia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)." Zootaxa, 4012, (2) 369–374. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.7.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Busby, Robert C. 2015. "Evolutionary gain of male secondary sexual structures in the widespread Neotropical montane genus Lathecla (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini)." Brill, 46, (1) 47–78. https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-45032115.
• Robbins, Robert K., Heredia, Maria D., and Busby, Robert C. 2015. "Male Secondary Sexual Structures and the Systematics of the Thereus oppia species Group (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini)." Zookeys, 520 109–130. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.520.10134.
• Thompson, Paul M. and Robbins, Robert K. 2015. "A New Montane Hairstreak Species from Central America in the Detritivorous Genus Kisutam ( Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 117, (1) 36–44. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.117.1.36.
• Davies, Neil, Field, Dawn, Amaral-Zettler, Linda, Bicak, Mesude, Bourlat, Sarah, Coddington, Jonathan A., Deck, John, Drummond, Alexei, Gilbert, Jack A., Glöckner, Frank Oliver, Kottmann, Renzo, Meyer, Christopher P., Morrison, Norman, Obst, Matthias, Robbins, Robert, Schriml, Lynn, Sterk, Peter, and Stones-Havas, Steven. 2014. "Report of the 14th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting, Oxford, UK, September 17-21, 2012." Standards in Genomic Sciences, 9, (3) 1236–1250. https://doi.org/10.4056/sigs.4319681.
• Faynel, Christophe and Robbins, Robert K. 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)." Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.): International Journal of Entomology, 50, (2) 191–201. https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2014.934040.
• Nobre, C. E. B. and Robbins, Robert K. 2014. "Arawacus euptychia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) is no longer an obscure species." Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 47 73–78.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Glassberg, Jeffrey. 2013. "A butterfly with olive green eyes discovered in the United States and the Neotropics (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini)." ZooKeys, 305 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.301.5081ZooKey.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Lamas, Gerardo. 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)." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 70, (4) 250.
• Sermeño, José Miguel, Robbins, Robert K., Lamas, Gerardo, and Gámez, J. A. 2013. "Cría en laboratorio de las "joyas vivientes" de El Salvador, Evenus regalis (Cramer) y Evenus batesii (Hewitson) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)." Bioma, 3 4–9.
• Faynel, Christophe, Busby, Robert C., and Robbins, Robert K. 2012. "Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus Oenomaus (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini)." ZooKeys, 222 11–45. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.222.3375.
• Robbins, Robert K., Anderson, Richard A., and Sullivan, J. Bolling. 2012. "The Nicaraguan Hairstreak Butterfly Fauna (Theclinae: Eumaeini), its Biogeography, and the History of Nicaraguan Collectors." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 66, (2) 61–75.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Lamas, Gerardo. 2012. "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)." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 69, (1) 60–61.
• Robbins, Robert K., Martins, Ananda Regina Pereira, Busby, Robert C., and Duarte, Marcelo. 2012. "Loss of male secondary sexual structures in allopatry in the Neotropical butterfly genus Arcas (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)." Insect Systematics & Evolution, 43, (1) 35–65. https://doi.org/10.1163/187631212X626195.
• Faynel, Christophe, Busby, Robert C., Moser, Alfred, and Robbins, Robert K. 2011. "Species level taxonomy of the Neotropical hairstreak genus Porthecla (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)." Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (n.s.), 47, (1-2) 241–259.
• Duarte, Marcelo and Robbins, Robert K. 2010. "Description and phylogenetic analysis of the Calycopidina (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini): a subtribe of detritivores." Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 54, (1) 45–65. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262010000100006.
• Duarte, Marcelo, Robbins, Robert K., Freitas, André Victor Lucci, Brown, Keith Spalding, Jr., Monteiro, Ricardo Ferreira, Casagrande, Mirna Martins, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik, Nascimento, Milena de Sousa, and Alves, Tatiane Gisele. 2010. "Borboletas Da Mata Atlântica do Estado do Rio De Janeiro: Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera)." Arquivos do Museu Nacional, 67, (3-4) 291–302.
• Harris, Brian P., Lamas, Gerardo, and Robbins, Robert K. 2010. "Identity of Palaeonympha avinoffi Schaus, a Satyrine Butterfly from China (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)." Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 35, (3) 680–681.
• Robbins, Robert K. 2010. "The “upside down” systematics of hairstreak butterflies (Lycaenidae) that eat pineapple and other Bromeliaceae." Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 45, (1) 21–37. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521003751712.
• Robbins, Robert K. 2010. "Four Commonly Confused Hairstreaks (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini): Three Need Names, One does Not." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 64, (1) 1–13.
• Robbins, Robert K., Aiello, Annette, Feinstein, Julie, Berkov, Amy, Caldas, Astrid, Busby, Robert C., and Duarte, Marcelo. 2010. "A tale of two species: detritivory, parapatry, and sexual dimorphism in Lamprospilus collucia and L. orcidia(Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)." Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 42 64–73.
• Robbins, Robert K., Busby, R. C., and Duarte, M. 2010. "Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Neotropical Thepytus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Theclinae)." Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 68, (1) 35–52.
• Duarte, Marcelo and Robbins, Robert K. 2009. "Immature Stages of Calycopis bellera (Hewitson) and C. janeirica (Felder) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini): Taxonomic Significance and New Evidence for Detritivory." Zootaxa, 2325 39–61.
• Gareca, Y., Reichle, S., and Robbins, Robert K. 2009. "Lista preliminar de los Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) en Bolivia [preliminary checklist for Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) in Bolivia]." Kempffiana, 5, (1) 56–64.
• Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie D., Blandin, Patrick, Burns, John M., Cadiou, Jean-Marie, Chacon, Isidro, Dapkey, Tanya, Deans, Andrew R., Epstein, Marc E., Espinoza, B., Franclemont, J., Haber, W., Hajibabaei, M., Hallwachs, J., Hebert, Paul D. N., Gauld, I. D., Harvey, D., Hausmann, A., Kitching, Ian, Lafontaine, D., Landry, J. F., Lemaire, C., Miller, Jacqueline Y., Miller, James S., Miller, Lee et al. 2009. "Integration of DNA barcoding into an ongoing inventory of complex tropical biodiversity." Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, (S1) 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02628.x.
• Lamas, Gerardo and Robbins, Robert K. 2009. "A replacement name for Thecla maculata Lathy, 1936 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Eumaeini)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 111, (3) 758–758. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797-111.3.758.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Busby, Robert C. 2009. "Updated Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Diversification of Janthecla Robbins & Venables (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)." Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 41 5–13.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Lamas, Gerardo. 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)." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 66, (4) 349–351.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Busby, Robert C. 2008. "Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Sympatry of Timaeta (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini): An Andean Montane Forest Endemic." Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 151, (2) 205–233. https://doi.org/10.1163/22119434-900000265.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Lamas, G. 2008. "Nomenclature, variation, and the biological species concept in Lamasina (Lycaenidae : Theclinae : Eumaeini)." Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 25, (1) 116–127. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81752008000100016.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Lamas, Gerardo. 2008. "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)." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 65, (3) 188–193.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Duarte, Marcelo. 2006. "Systematic placement of Lycaena cogina Schaus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae), a biogeographically disjunct New World species." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 108, (1) 226–236.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Lamas, Gerardo. 2006. "Stabilizing the nomenclature of Fabrician names of North American hairstreaks (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 60, (2) 86–91.
• Duarte, Marcelo, Robbins, Robert K., and Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik. 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.
• Glassberg, Jeffrey and Robbins, Robert K. 2005. "Cafe con leche in a Mexican forest: a rare hairstreak makes a guest appearance in Mexico." American Butterflies, 13, (3) 47.
• Nicolay, Stanley S. and Robbins, Robert K. 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, Robert K. 2005. "Obituary for Stanley Swenson Nicolay." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 59 179–181.
• Robbins, Robert K. 2005. "Phylogenetic relationships among the species of Panthiades HAbner (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)." Proceedings Entomological Society of Washington, 107 501–509.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Duarte, Marcelo. 2005. "Two phylogenetically significant new Calycopis species (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)." Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 38 27–34.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Duarte, Marcelo. 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, (2) 398–416.
• Hall, Jason Piers Wilton, Robbins, Robert K., and Harvey, Donald J. 2004. "Extinction and biogeography in the Caribbean: new evidence from a fossil riodinid butterfly in Dominican amber." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 271, (1541) 797–801.
• Lamas, Gerardo, Ramírez, J. J., and Robbins, Robert K. 2004. "The first known female of Megathecla gigantea (Hewitson, 1867) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)." Revista Peruviana Biologicas, 11 99–102.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Lamas, Gerardo. 2004. "Case 3282. Thecla azia Hewitson, 1873 (Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposed conservation of the specific name." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 61, (2) 98–99.
• Arnold, Anne Elizabeth, Mejia, Luis Carlos, Kyllo, Damond A., Rojas, Enith I., Maynard, Zuleyka, Robbins, Robert K., and Herre, Edward Allen. 2003. "Fungal Endophytes Limit Pathogen Damage in a Tropical Tree." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, (26) 15649-15654.
• Caldas, Astrid and Robbins, Robert K. 2003. "Modified Pollard transects for assessing tropical butterfly abundance and diversity." Biological Conservation, 110, (2) 211–219.
• Robbins, Robert K. 2002. "Curtailing Clothes Moths." News of the Lepidopterists' Society, 44, (1) 000.
• Robbins, Robert K. 2002. "Replacement Names in the Eumaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 104 820–821.
• Robbins, Robert K. 2001. "Surviving Suburbia." News of the Lepidopterists' Society, 43, (3) 000.
• Robbins, Robert K. 2001. "Building a Better Butterfly Trap." News of the Lepidopterists' Society, 43, (4) 000.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Lamas, Gerardo. 2001. "Nomenclatural Changes in the Neotropical Eumaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae)." Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 19 197–214.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Nicolay, Stanley S. 2001. "An overview of Strymon Huebner (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 55, (3) 85–100.
• Robbins, Robert K. 2000. "The New World Hairstreak Genus Arawacus Kaye (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 102, (1) 162–169.
• Reiter, P., Turell, M., Coleman, R., Miller, B., Maupin, G., Liz, J., Kuehne, A., Barth, J., Geisbert, J., Dohm, D., Glick, J., Pecor, J., Robbins, Robert K., Jahrling, P., Peters, C., and Kslazek, T. 1999. "Field investigatins of an outbreak of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995: Arthropod Studies." Journal of Infectious Diseases, 179 148–154.
• Glassberg, J., Opler, P., Pyle, R. M., Robbins, Robert K., and Tuttle, J. 1998. "There's no need to release butterflies--they're already free." American Butterflies, 6 2.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Nicolay, Stanley S. 1998. "Taxonomy and nomenclature of Strymon istapa and S. columella (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 52, (3) 318–327.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Nicolay, Stanley S. 1998. "Taxonomy of Strymon toussainti, S. andrewi, S. amonensis, and S. rhaptos (Lycaenidae: Theclinae)." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 52, (3) 328–334.
• Lamas, Gerardo, Robbins, Robert K., and Harvey, Donald J. 1997. "Mariposas del alto Rio Napo, Loreto, Peru (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea y Hesperioidea). Butterflies of the upper Rio Napo, Loreto, Peru (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea)." Revista Peruana de Entomología, 39 63–74.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1997. "These legs were made for walking -- and so much more!." American Butterflies, 5 28–33.
• Lamas, Gerardo, Robbins, Robert K., and Harvey, Donald J. 1996. "Mariposas del alto Río Napo, Loreto, Perú (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea y Hesperioidea)." Revista Peruana de Entomología, 39 63–74.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1994. "Naming Hairstreaks." American Butterflies, 2 28–31.
• Lamas, Gerardo, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik, and Robbins, Robert K. 1993. "The Ahrenholz technique for attracting tropical skippers (Hesperiidae)." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 47, (1) 80–82.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1993. "Comparison of Butterfly Diversity in the Neotropical and Oriental Regions." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 46, (4) 298–300.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1993. "False Heads: the Real Tale." American Butterflies, 1 19–22.
• Warren, A. D. and Robbins, Robert K. 1993. "A Natural Hybrid Between Callophrys (Callophrys) sheridanii and C. (Incisalia) augustinus (Lycaenidae)." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 47, (3) 236–240.
• Lamas, Gerardo, Robbins, Robert K., and Harvey, Donald J. 1991. "A Preliminary Survey of the Butterfly Fauna of Pakitza, Parque Nacional del Manu, Peru, with an Estimate of its Species Richness." Publicaciones del Museo de Historia Natural Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 40 1–19.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1991. "Cost and Evolution of a Facultative Mutualism Between Ants and Lycaenid Larvae (Lepidoptera)." Oikos, 62 363–369.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Venables, B. A. B. 1991. "Synopsis of a new Neotropical hairstreak genus, Janthecla, and description of a new species." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 45, (1) 11–33.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1990. "The Mitoura spinetorum Complex in New Mexico and the Validity of M. millerorum (Lycaenidae: Theclinae)." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 44, (2) 63–76.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1990. "Systematic Implications of Butterfly Leg Structures that Clean the Antennae." Psyche, 96, (3-4) 209–222.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1988. "Male Foretarsal Variation in Lycaenidae and Riodinidae, and the Systematic Placement of Styx infernalis (Lepidoptera)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 90 356–368.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1988. "Comparative Morphology of the Butterfly Foreleg Coxa and Trochanger (Lepidoptera) and its Systematic Implications." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 90 133–154.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Hevel, G. F. 1988. "Glassberg, Lehman, and Pellmyr Collections to the Smithsonian Institution." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 42, (1) 31.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1987. "Logic and Phylogeny: a Critique of Scott's Phylogenies to the Butterflies and Macrolepidoptera." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 41 214–216.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1986. "Evolution and Identification of the New World Hairstreak Butterflies (Lycaenidae: Eumaeini): Eliot's Trichonis Section and Trichonis Hewitson." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 40, (3) 138–157.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1986. "Independent Evolution of "False Head" Behavior in Riodinidae." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 39 224–225.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Henson, Pamela M. 1986. "Why Pieris rapae is a Better Name than Artogeia rapae (Pieridae)." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 40, (2) 79–92.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1984. "[Revew]. New Zealand Butterflies, Identification and Natural History, by G. W. Gibbs." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 86 244.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1982. "How many butterfly species." News of the Lepidopterists' Society, 1982 40–41.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Aiello, Annette. 1982. "Foodplant and oviposition records for Panamanian Lycaenidae and Riodinidae." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 36, (2) 65–75.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1981. "The "False Head" Hypothesis: Predation and Wing Pattern Variation of Lycaenid Butterflies." American Naturalist, 118 770–775.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Small, G. B. 1981. "Wind Dispersal of Panamanian Hairstreak Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and its Evolutionary Significance." Biotropica, 13 308–315.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1980. "The Lycaenid "False Head" Hypothesis: Historical Review and Quantitative Analysis." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 34 194–208.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1979. "Behavioural ecology and evolution of hairstreak butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)." Dissertation Abstracts International B Sciences and Engineering, 39, (10) 4720.

Book

• Busby, Robert C., Faynel, Christophe, Moser, Alfred, and Robbins, Robert K. 2017. Sympatric Diversification in the Upper Amazon: A Revision of the Eumaeine Genus Paraspiculatus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 649. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.1943-6696.649.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1991. Evolution, Comparative Morphology, and Identification of the Emaeine Butterfly Genus Rekoa Kay (Lycaenidae: Theclinae). In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 498. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.498.

Blog

• Caldas, Astrid and Robbins, Robert K. 2012. "Climate Change, Extinctions and Edges." The Huffington Post The Huffington Post. Nov 21, 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/astrid-caldas/climate-change-extinction_b_2166748.html.
• Caldas, Astrid and Robbins, Robert K. 2012. "Climate Change and Extinctions at the Edge." Defenders of Wildlife Defenders of Wildlife. Nov 6, 2012. https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/21134.

Book Review

• Robbins, Robert K. 2004. [Book review] "The genus Adelpha: its systematics, biology and biogeography (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidini)." Entomological News, 114, 238.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1987. [Book review] "A Revision of the Genus Hypochrysops C &amp R Felder, by D. P. A. Sands." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 41, 238.

Book Chapter

• Robbins, Robert K. 2004. "Tribe Eumaeini." In Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Lamas, Gerardo, editor. 118–137. Scientific Publishers.
• Robbins, Robert K. 2004. "Introduction to the checklist of Eumaeini (Lycaenidae)." In Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Lamas, Gerardo, editor. 24–30. Scientific Publishers.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Duarte, Marcelo. 2004. "Description of new butterfly genera. Lycaenidae, Eumaeini." In Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Lamas, Gerardo, editor. 275–282. Scientific Publishers.
• Robbins, Robert K. and Opler, Paul A. 1997. "Butterfly diversity and a preliminary comparison with bird and mammal diversity." In Biodiversity 2: understanding and protecting our biological resources. Reaka-Kudla, Marjorie L., Wilson, Don E., and Wilson, Edward O., editors. 69–82. Washington D. C.: Joseph Henry Press.
• Medina, M. C., Robbins, Robert K., and Lamas, Gerardo. 1996. "Vertical Stratification of Flight by Ithomiine Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) at Pakitza, Manu National Park, Peru." In Manu: The Biodiversity of Southeastern Peru. 211–216.
• Robbins, Robert K., Lamas, Gerardo, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik, Harvey, Donald J., and Casagrande, Mirna M. 1996. "Taxonomic composition and ecological structure of the species-rich butterfly community at Pakitza, Parque Nacional del Manu, Peru." In Manu: the biodiversity of southeastern Peru. Wilson, Don E. and Sandoval, Abelardo, editors. 217–252. Washington D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1993. "The Butterfly Fauna of the Middlesex Fells Reservation." In in: Butterflies through binoculars, a field guide to butterflies in the Boston, New York, and Washington Region. 2–4.
• Robbins, Robert K. 1993. "Preface." In in: Butterflies through binoculars, a field guide to butterflies in the Boston, New York, and Washington Region. 1.
• Chew, F. S. and Robbins, Robert K. 1984. "Egg-laying in Butterflies." In The Biology of Butterflies. 65–79.