Philip James DeVries
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Philip James DeVries's Degrees
- Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Ecology University of California, Berkeley
- PhD Ecology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Philip James DeVries is a tropical biologist whose research focuses on insect ecology and evolution, especially butterflies. His best-known work includes symbioses between caterpillars, ants and plants, and community level biodiversity of rainforest butterflies.
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- The Butterflies of Costa Rica and Their Natural History: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae. (1989) (500)
- Species diversity in vertical, horizontal, and temporal dimensions of a fruit‐feeding butterfly community in an Ecuadorian rainforest (1997) (381)
- Species diversity and community structure in neotropical fruit‐feeding butterflies (2001) (248)
- Partitioning diversity for conservation analyses (2010) (238)
- Species diversity in spatial and temporal dimensions of fruit-feeding butterflies from two Ecuadorian rainforests (1999) (203)
- When species accumulation curves intersect: implications for ranking diversity using small samples. (2000) (164)
- Vertical distribution, flight behaviour and evolution of wing morphology in Morpho butterflies. (2010) (131)
- Self and cross pollination of Encyclia cordigera (Orchidaceae) in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica (1980) (130)
- Seasonal and Site Variation in Costa Rican Euglossine Bees at Chemical Baits in Lowland Deciduous and Evergreen Forests (1982) (125)
- Enhancement of Symbioses Between Butterfly Caterpillars and Ants by Vibrational Communication (1990) (123)
- Tropical niche conservatism and the species richness gradient of North American butterflies (2009) (86)
- Mutualism between Thisbe irenea butterflies and ants, and the role of ant ecology in the evolution of larval‐ant associations (1991) (85)
- Seasonal cycles of species diversity and similarity in a tropical butterfly community. (2012) (84)
- Analyzing Spatial Structure of Communities Using the Two‐Dimensional Poisson Lognormal Species Abundance Model (2002) (81)
- Butterfly Exploitation of an Ant-Plant Mutualism: Adding Insult to Herbivory (1989) (72)
- Similarity and difference among rainforest fruit-feeding butterfly communities in Central and South America. (2012) (71)
- The larval ant-organs of Thisbe irenea (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) and their effects upon attending ants (1988) (66)
- The systematic position of Antirrhea and Caerois, with comments on the classification of the Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) (1985) (65)
- Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). (2015) (64)
- Food intake of fruit-feeding butterflies: evidence for adaptive variation in proboscis morphology (2005) (63)
- Call production by myrmecophilous riodinid and lycaenid butterfly caterpillars (Lepidoptera) : morphological, acoustical, functional, and evolutionary patterns. American Museum novitates ; no. 3025 (1991) (57)
- Altitudinal gradients in the body sizes of Costa Rican butterflies (1996) (55)
- Comparison of acoustical signals in Maculinea butterfly caterpillars and their obligate host Myrmica ants (1993) (54)
- Hostplant records and natural history notes on Costa Rican butterflies (Papilionidae, Pieridae & Nymphalidae) (1986) (49)
- Estimating Brownian motion dispersal rate, longevity and population density from spatially explicit mark-recapture data on tropical butterflies. (2012) (45)
- Diel activity and reproductive isolation in a diverse assemblage of Neotropical skippers (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) (2008) (44)
- Phylogenetic Analysis of Morpho Butterflies (Nymphalidae, Morphinae): Implications for Classification and Natural History (2002) (41)
- Cruising the rain forest floor: butterfly wing shape evolution and gliding in ground effect. (2015) (40)
- Molecular phylogeny and higher systematics of the metalmark butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) (2018) (39)
- Seasonal cycles of diversity and similarity in a Central American rainforest butterfly community (2014) (37)
- Toward a better understanding of host use and biodiversity in riodinid butterflies (Lepidoptera) (1994) (35)
- A tale of two communities: Neotropical butterfly assemblages show higher beta diversity in the canopy compared to the understory (2016) (32)
- Both Palatable and Unpalatable Butterflies Use Bright Colors to Signal Difficulty of Capture to Predators (2016) (30)
- Attraction of pyrrolizidine alkaloid seeking Lepidoptera to Epidendrum paniculatum orchids. (1990) (29)
- Tropical Rain Forest Structure and the Geographical Distribution of Gliding Vertebrates (1990) (29)
- Diversification of Morpho butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae): a re‐evaluation of morphological characters and new insight from DNA sequence data (2012) (27)
- Entomophagy, Behavior, and Elongated Thoracic Legs in the Myrmecophilous Neotropical Butterfly Alesa amesis (Riodinidae)1 (2000) (26)
- Adult and early‐stage characters of Brassolini contain conflicting phylogenetic signal (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) (2013) (26)
- Modeling vertical beta-diversity in tropical butterfly communities (2004) (24)
- The Cissia confusa species‐group in Costa Rica and Trinidad (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae) (1983) (23)
- Of crazy-ants and Curetinae: are Curetis butterflies tended by ants? (1984) (21)
- Diversity and composition of Arctiinae moth assemblages along elevational and spatial dimensions in Brazilian Atlantic Forest (2015) (21)
- Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia—Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, Volume 4 (1998) (21)
- Estimating species diversity in a guild of Neotropical skippers (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) with artificial lures is a sampling problem (2009) (20)
- Ancient butterfly–ant symbiosis: direct evidence from Dominican amber (1997) (20)
- The ant associated epidermal organs on the larva of the lycaenid butterfly Curetis regula Evans (1986) (19)
- Synchronous nocturnal activity and gregarious roosting in the neotropical skipper butterfly Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) (1987) (18)
- Pollen-Feeding Rainforest Parides and Battus Butterflies in Costa Rica (1979) (17)
- Differential Wing Toughness in Distasteful and Palatable Butterflies: Direct Evidence Supports Unpalatable Theory 1 (2002) (17)
- Butterfly dispersal across Amazonia and its implication for biogeography (2015) (17)
- The use of epiphylls as larval hostplants by the neotropical riodinid butterfly, Sarota gyas (1988) (16)
- Differential Wing Toughness in Distasteful and Palatable Butterflies: Direct Evidence Supports Unpalatable Theory1 (2002) (16)
- The Effects of Ants on the Entomophagous Butterfly Caterpillar Feniseca tarquinius, and the Putative Role of Chemical Camouflage in the Feniseca–Ant Interaction (2005) (16)
- Parasitism and grooming behavior of a natural white-tailed deer population in Alabama (2017) (16)
- The Early Stages and Natural History of Antirrhea Adoptive Porphyrosticta (Watkins, 1928) in Eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Morphinae) (2009) (15)
- Preliminary assessment of the tribe Lemoniini (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae) based on adult morphology. American Museum novitates ; no. 3284 (1999) (15)
- Butterflies and Tachinidae: does the parasite always kill its host? (1984) (15)
- Morphometrics, Airspeed, Thermoregulation, and Lipid Reserves of Migrating Urania fulgens (Uraniidae) Moths in Natural Free Flight (1990) (14)
- Conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories explain the latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies (2021) (13)
- Variation in capture height and trap persistence among three Costa Rican understorey butterfly species (2012) (13)
- High butterfly beta diversity between Brazilian cerrado and cerrado–caatinga transition zones (2017) (13)
- Mesoamerica is a cradle and the Atlantic Forest is a museum of Neotropical butterfly diversity: insights from the evolution and biogeography of Brassolini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) (2019) (12)
- Flight Speeds, Lipid Reserves, and Predation of the Migratory Neotropical Moth Urania fulgens (Uraniidae)1 (2002) (12)
- Systematic position of Apodemia paucipuncta (Riodinidae), and a critical evaluation of the nymphidiine transtilla (2006) (12)
- The Early Stages of Pedaliodes poesia (Hewitson, 1862) in Eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae: Pronophilina) (2009) (12)
- A Standardized Sampling Protocol for Fruit-Feeding Butterflies (Nymphalidae) (2016) (10)
- A new Orobrassolis butterfly (Nymphalidae, Brassolini): a casualty of habitat destruction? (2011) (9)
- Foam barriers, a new defense against ants for milkweed butterfly caterpillars (Nymphalidae: Danainae) (1993) (8)
- Singing Caterpillars, Ants and Symbiosis (1992) (8)
- Detecting and recording the calls produced by butterfly caterpillars and ants (1991) (8)
- Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the rose colored Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). (2014) (7)
- The Influence of Mimicry on Wing Shape Evolution in the Butterfly Papilio dardanus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) (2018) (7)
- THE MORPHOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY, AND BEHAVIOR OF THE EARLY STAGES OF MORPHO CYPRIS (NYMPHALIDAE: MORPHINAE)-140 YEARS AFTER FORMAL RECOGNITION OF THE BUTTERFLY (1993) (7)
- Large Hind Wings Enhance Gliding Performance in Ground Effect in a Neotropical Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) (2019) (6)
- The first known riodinid ‘cuckoo’ butterfly reveals deep-time convergence and parallelism in ant social parasites (2020) (6)
- The biology of Batesia hypochlora in an Ecuadorian Rainforest (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). (1999) (6)
- A phylogenetic reassessment of Thisbe and Uraneis butterflies (Riodinidae, Nymphidiini) (2001) (6)
- Vertical differentiation in tropical forest butterflies: a novel mechanism generating insect diversity? (2019) (6)
- THE EGG AND INCUBATION PERIOD OF THE PERUVIAN ANTPITTA ( GRALLARICULA PERUVIANA ) (2004) (5)
- A new species of Adelpha (Nymphalidae) from Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo, Costa Rica (1982) (5)
- Documenting diversity in the Amazonian butterfly genus Bia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). (2017) (5)
- EARLY STAGES AND NATURAL HISTORY OF PERISAMA OPPELII (LATREILLE, 1811) (NYMPHALIDAE, LEPIDOPTERA) IN EASTERN ECUADOR ESTADÍAS INMADURAS E HISTORIA NATURAL DE PERISAMA OPPELII (LATREILLE, 1811) (NYMPHALIDAE, LEPIDOPTERA) EN LA REGION ORIENTAL DE ECUADOR (2010) (4)
- Notes: Gesneriaceae as a larval hostplant of Hyposcada virginiana (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae) (1990) (4)
- A novel organ and mechanism for larval sound production in butterfly caterpillars: Eurybia elvina (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). (2008) (4)
- Two new species of Costa Rican butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). (1996) (4)
- Two New Species of Riodinids from Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) (1996) (4)
- The latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae): conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories (2020) (4)
- Entomophagy, Behavior, and Elongated Thoracic Legs in the Myrmecophilous Neotropical Butterfly Alesa amesis (Riodinidae) 1 (2000) (2)
- Description of early stages of Chorinea liCursis (fabricius) (rioDiniDae) (2009) (2)
- Adult and early-stage characters of Brassolini contain conflicting phylogenetic signal (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) [X27059] Morphological matrix from Penz et al 2013 (prepared by MorphoBank curators from original submission) (2020) (2)
- case of Perrhybris lypera (Pieridae) and the Lauraceae: host-plant record or assumption? (1982) (1)
- Arboreal Movement and Tadpole-Carrying Behavior of Dendrobates pumilio Schmidt (Dendrobatidae) in Northeastern Costa Rica (1979) (1)
- Large-Scale Climate Effects Meet an Amazonian Butterfly: Which Population Parameters Respond to El Niño? (2017) (1)
- Do Hind Wing Eyespots of Caligo Butterflies Function in Both Mating Behavior and Antipredator Defense? (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) (2020) (1)
- Mesoamerica is a cradle and the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is a museum of Neotropical butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Brassolini) (2019) (1)
- Butterfly Reflections in Thirds (2015) (1)
- Notes on Panacea procilla lysimache (Nymphalidae) from Costa Rica (1989) (1)
- Catocyclotis aemulius adelina (Riodinidae) revisited: It ain't necessarily so (2004) (1)
- Adult and early-stage characters of Brassolini contain conflicting phylogenetic signal (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) (project) (2020) (0)
- Book review: The Butterflies of Hispaniola, by A. Schwartz (1989) (0)
- Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2016) (0)
- Book Review:The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide. James A. Scott (1987) (0)
- High butterfly beta diversity between Brazilian cerrado and cerrado–caatinga transition zones (2017) (0)
- A tale of two communities: Neotropical butterfly assemblages show higher beta diversity in the canopy compared to the understory (2016) (0)
- Supplementary material from "Vertical differentiation in tropical forest butterflies: a novel mechanism generating insect diversity?" (2018) (0)
- The Lives of Butterflies by Matthew M. Douglas (1988) (0)
- Similarityanddifferenceamongrainforestfruit-feeding butterflycommunitiesinCentralandSouthAmerica (2012) (0)
- Both Palatable and Unpalatable Butterflies Use Bright Colors to Signal Difficulty of Capture to Predators (2016) (0)
- The Book of Indian Butterflies.ByIsaac Kehimkar.Published by Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai (India), and Oxford University Press, Oxford (United Kingdom). $65.00. xvi + 497 p.; ill.; common and scientific indexes. ISBN: 978‐0‐19‐569620‐2. 2008. (2010) (0)
- Diversity and composition of Arctiinae moth assemblages along elevational and spatial dimensions in Brazilian Atlantic Forest (2015) (0)
- Zootaxa, Apodemia paucipuncta (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) (2006) (0)
- Description of a New Subspecies of Cunizza hirlanda (Pieridae: Anthocharidini) from Costa Rica (2018) (0)
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