Robert C. Busby

Robert C. Busby (Busby), United States entomologist

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(List may be incomplete)

Robbins & Busby, 2008. Phylogeny, taxonomy, and sympatry of Timaeta (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini): an Andean montane forest endemic. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 151(2): 205-233, 75 figs., 2 tabs. (1 December). Reference page.
Robbins, R.K., Busby, R. & Duarte, M., 2010. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Neotropical Thepytus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae). Arthropod systematics & phylogeny 68(1): 35-52. PDF Reference page.
Faynel, C., Busby, R.C., Moser, A. & Robbins, R.K. 2011. Species level taxonomy of the Neotropical hairstreak genus Porthecla (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: eclinae: Eumaeini). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 47(1-2): 241–259. Reference page.
Robbins, R.K., Heredia, M.D. & Busby, R.C. 2015. Male secondary sexual structures and the systematics of the Thereus oppia species group (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini). Zookeys 520: 109-130. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.520.10134 Full article Reference page.
Robbins, R.K. & Busby, R.C. 2015. Evolutionary gain of male secondary sexual structures in the widespread Neotropical montane genus Lathecla (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini). Insect Systematics & Evolution 46(1): 47–78, 28 figs., 2 tabs. DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-45032115 . Reference page.
Busby, R., Faynel, C., Moser, A. & Robbins, R., 2017. Sympatric Diversification in the Upper Amazon. A revision of the Eumaeine Genus Paraspiculatus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 649: 1-65. web Reference page.

Robbins, R.K., Faynel, C., Hall, J.P.W. & Busby, R.C. 2022. A segmented and clawed male foreleg in a newly described genus and species of eumaeine butterfly (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Insecta Mundi 0922: 1–6. Full article (PDF). Reference page.