Publications of P. J. DeVries

Scholarly Books

  1. DeVries, P. J. 1997. The Butterflies of Costa Rica and their Natural History. II: Riodinidae. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, pp. 288.
  2. DeVries, P. J. 1987. The Butterflies of Costa Rica and their Natural History. Papilionidae, Pieridae and Nymphalidae. I. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, pp. 327.
 

Invited Book Chapters

  1. DeVries, P. J. 2006. Night, tropics. IN: Rich, C. and T. Longcore (eds.). Ecological consequences of artificial night lighting. Island Press, Covelo, CA.
  2. DeVries, P. J. 2000. Diversity of Butterflies. IN: S. Levin (ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 559-574.
  3. DeVries, P. J. 1994. Patterns of butterfly diversity and promising topics in natural history and ecology. pp. 187-194. IN: MacDade, L., K. S. Bawa, G. Hartshorn, and H. Hespenheide (eds.), La Selva: ecology and natural history of a Neotropical Rainforest. Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  4. DeVries, P. J. 1991. Ecological and evolutionary patterns in riodinid butterflies. IN: Ant-Plant Interactions. C. Huxley and D. F. Cutler (eds.) Oxford Univ Press, pp. 143-156.
  5. Vane-Wright, R. I., P. R. Ackery & P. DeVries. 1984. Introductory Chapter. IN: The Biology of Butterflies. Symp. Roy. Ent. Soc. Lond. 11: 1-5.
  6. DeVries, P. J. 1984. The genera Antirrhea Hubner and Caerois Hubner. IN: D'Abrera, B.Butterflies of the Neotrpical Region: part II. Hill House, Victoria. pp. 361-362.
  7. DeVries, P. J. 1983. Checklist of butterflies and natural history. IN: D. H. Janzen (ed.) Costa Rican Natural History. Univ. Chicago Press, pp. 654-678.
  8. DeVries, P. J. 1983. Caligo memnon (Nymphalidae). IN: D. H. Janzen (ed.) Costa Rican Natural History. Univ. Chicago Press, pp. 703-704.
  9. DeVries, P. J. 1983. Catasticta teutilla (Pieridae). IN: D. H. Janzen (ed.) Costa Rican Natural History. Univ. Chicago Press, pp. 706-707.
  10. DeVries, P. J. 1983. Eutychia hermes (Nymphalidae). IN: D. H. Janzen (ed.) Costa Rican Natural History. Univ. Chicago Press, pp. 722-723.
  11. DeVries, P. J. 1983. Hamadryas februa (Nymphalidae). IN: D. H. Janzen (ed.) Costa Rican Natural History. Univ. Chicago Press, pp. 729-730.
  12. DeVries, P. J. 1983. Heliconius hecale (Nymphalidae). IN: D. H. Janzen (ed.) Costa Rican Natural History. Univ. Chicago Press, pp. 730-731.
  13. DeVries, P. J. 1983. Historis odius (Nymphalidae). IN: D. H. Janzen (ed.) Costa Rican Natural History.. Univ. Chicago Press, pp. 731-732.
  14. DeVries, P. J. 1983. Morpho peleides (Nymphalidae). IN: D. H. Janzen (ed.) Costa Rican Natural History. Univ. Chicago Press, pp. 741-742.
  15. DeVries, P. J. 1983. Papilio cresphontes (Papilionidae). IN: D. H. Janzen (ed.) Costa Rican Natural History.. Univ. Chicago Press, pp. 751-752.
  16. DeVries, P. J. 1983. Phoebis philea (Pieridae). IN: D. H. Janzen (ed.) Costa Rican Natural History. Univ. Chicago Press, pp. 754-55.
  17. DeVries, P. J. 1983. Zamia skinneri & Zamia fairchildiana (Cycadaceae). IN: D. H. Janzen (ed.) Costa Rican Natural History. Univ. Chicago Press, pp. 349-350.

 

Journal Articles

  1. Penz, C. M. & P. J. DeVries. 2006. Systematic position of Apodemia paucipuncta (Riodinidae), and a critical evaluation if the nymphidiine transtilla. Zootaxa (in press).
  2. Molleman, F., A. Kop, P. Brakefield, P. J. DeVries and J. Zwan Nas. 2006. Vertical and temporal patterns of fruit-feeding butterflies in a tropical forest in Uganda. Biodiversity and Conservation. 15: 107-121.
  3. Molleman F, Krenn HW, Van Alphen ME, Brakefield PM, Devries PJ, and Zwaan BJ. 2005. Food intake of fruit-feeding butterflies: evidence for adaptive variation in proboscis morphology. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 86: 333-343.
  4. Youngsteadt, E. & P. J. DeVries. 2005. The effects of ants on the entomophagous butterfly caterpillar Feniseca tarquinius, and the role of chemical camouflage in the Feniseca-ant interaction Chemical Ecology 31: 2091-2109.
  5. Greeney, H. F. & P. J. DeVries 2004. Experimental evidence for alarm pheromones in the Neotropical longhorn beetle, Schwarzerion holochlorum Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Colepterist’s Bulletin 58: 642-643.
  6. Greeney, H. F., R. A. Gelis, E. C. Hannelly & P. J. DeVries 2004. The egg and incubation period of the Peruvian antpitta (Grallaricula peruviana). Ornithologia Neotropical 15: 403-406.
  7. DeVries, P. J., B. Cabral & C. M. Penz. 2004. The early stages of Apodemia paucipuncta (Riodinidae): myrmecophily, a new caterpillar ant-organ and consequences for classification. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions to Biology and Geology 102: 1-13.
  8. Penz, C. M. & P. J. DeVries. 2004. Catocyclotis aemulius adelina (Riodinidae): it ain’t necessarily so. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 58: 178-182.
  9. Walla, T. R. S. Engen, P. J. DeVries & R. Lande. 2004. Modeling vertical Beta-diversity in tropical butterfly communities. Oikos 107: 610-618.
  10. DeVries. P. J. 2003. Tough models versus weak mimics: new horizons in evolving bad taste. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 57: 235-238.
  11. DeVries, P. J. 2003. The concise atlas of butterflies of the world (book review). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 57: 77.
  12. DeVries, P. J. 2003. The butterflies of cascadia (book review). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 57: 160.
  13. DeVries, P. J. 2002. Differential wing-toughness among palatable and unpalatable butterflies: direct evidence supports unpalatable theory. Biotropica 34: 176-181.
  14. DeVries, P. J. 2002. Flying Jewels -Butterfly Images. By Yasutaka Murata & Daisaburo Okumoto.(book review) Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 53: 124.
  15. DeVries, P. J. 2002. The families of Malesian moths and butterflies. By J. Holloway, G. Kibby and D. Peggie. (book review). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 54:45-46.
  16. DeVries, P. J. 2002. The millennium atlas of butterflies of Britain and Ireland (book review). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 56:183-184.
  17. DeVries, P. J. & C. M. Penz. 2002. Early stages of the entomophagous metalmark butterfly Alesa amesis (Riodinidae: Eurybiini). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 56: 265-271.
  18. Dudley, R., R. B. Srygley, E. G. Oliveira & P. J. DeVries. 2002. Flight speeds, lipid reserves, and predation of the migratory Neotropical moth Urania fulgens (Uraniidae). Biotropica 34: 452-458.
  19. Engen, S., R. Lande, T. Walla & P. J. DeVries. 2002. Analyzing spatial structure of communities by the two-dimensional Poisson lognormal species abundance model. American Naturalist 160: 60-73.
  20. Hill, R., C. M. Penz & P. J. DeVries. 2002. Phylogenetic analysis of Batesia and Panacea butterflies (Nymphalidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 56: 199-215.
  21. Penz, C. M. & P. J. DeVries. 2002. Phylogenetic analysis of Morpho butterflies (Nymphalidae, Morphinae): implications for classification and natural history. American Museum Novitates 3374: 1-33.
  22. DeVries, P. J. & T. R. Walla. 2001. Species diversity and community structure in neotropical fruit-feeding butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 74: 1-15.
  23. Penz, C. M. & P. J. DeVries 2001. A phylogenetic re-assessment of Thisbe and Uraneis (Riodinidae, Nymphidiini). Contributions in Science 485: 1-27.
  24. Austin, G. T. & P. J. DeVries. 2001. Two new skippers from Costa Rica (Hesperiidae). Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions to Biology and Geology 96: 1-8.
  25. DeVries, P. J. & C. M. Penz. 2000. Entomophagy, behavior, and elongated thoracic legs in the myrmecophilous Neotropical butterfly Alesa amesis (Riodinidae). Biotropica 32: 712-721.
  26. DeVries, P. J. 2000. The other side of butterfly diversity: symbiotic associations between caterpillars and ants: Lore 2000: 5-11.
  27. Lande, R., P. J. DeVries & T. R. Walla. 2000. When species accumulation curves intersect: ranking diversity using small samples. Oikos 89: 601-605.
  28. DeVries, P. J., R. Lande & D. Murray. 1999. Associations of co-mimetic ithomiine butterflies on small spatial and temporal scales in a neotropical rainforest. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 67: 343-364.
  29. DeVries, P. J., T. Walla & H. Greeney. 1999. Species diversity in spatial and temporal dimensions of fruit-feeding butterflies from two Ecuadorian rainforests. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 68: 333-353.
  30. DeVries, P. J., C .M. Penz & T. R. Walla. 1999. The biology of Batesia hypochlora from an Ecuadorian rainforest (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 10: 43-46.
  31. Penz, C. M. & P. J. DeVries. 1999. The higher level phylogeny of the tribe Lemoniini (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae): a preliminary assessment using adult morphology. American Museum Novitates 2384: 1-32.
  32. Jones, T. H., T. J. Wojciechowski, R. R. Snelling, J. A. Torres, P. Chacon & P. J. DeVries. 1999. Dialkypyrrolidines from the ants Megalomyrmex cyendura Brandão and M. latreillei Emery. Carribean Journal of Science 35: 310-311.
  33. DeVries, P. J. 1998. A commentary on the recent book, Butterflies of Costa Rica and their natural history vol. 2 (written under pseudonym, R. B. Swinethrottle). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 34: 154-160.
  34. DeVries, P. J. 1998. "Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera vol. 4: Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. by Neilsen, E. S., E. D. Edwards, and T. V. Rangsi (eds.) 1996" (review). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 91: 358.
  35. DeVries, P. J., D. Murray & R. Lande. 1997. Species diversity in vertical, horizontal, and temporal dimensions of a fruit-feeding butterfly community in an Ecuadorian rainforest. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 62: 343-364.
  36. DeVries, P. J. & G. O. Poinar. 1997. Ancient butterfly-ant symbiosis: direct evidence from Dominican amber. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 264: 1137-1140.
  37. DeVries, P. J. 1997. "Butterflies of Venezuela by A. Neild" (review). American Scientist September.-October 1997: 477-478.
  38. DeVries, P. J. & J. Hall. 1996. Two new species of Costa Rican butterflies (Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 7: 87-90.
  39. Hawkins, B. A. & P. J. DeVries. 1996. Altitudinal gradients in the body sizes in Costa Rican butterflies. Acta Oecologia 17: 184-195.
  40. DeVries, P. J. 1995. La Familia Riodinidae IN: A. Solis (ed.) Familias de los Insectos de Costa Rica. Presna de INBIO, World Wide Web.
  41. DeVries, P. J. 1995. "The butterflies of the West Indies and South Florida. D. Spencer-Smith, L. D. Miller and J. Y. Miller" (book review). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 31: 293-295.
  42. DeVries, P. J. 1995. "Swallowtail butterflies of the Americas. H. A. Tyler, K. S. Brown, Jr., and K. H. Wilson" (book review). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 31: 295-297.
  43. DeVries, P. J., I. A. Chacon & D. Murray. 1994. Toward a better understanding of hostplant use and biodiversity in riodinid butterflies (Lepidoptera). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 31: 103-126.
  44. DeVries, P. J., J. A. Thomas & R. Cocroft. 1993. A comparison of acoustical signals between Maculinea butterfly caterpillars and their obligate host ant species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 49: 229 -238.
  45. DeVries, P. J. 1993. Foam barriers, a new defense against ants by milkweed butterfly caterpillars. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 30: 261-266.
  46. DeVries, P. J. 1993. "Systematics, Ecology and the Biodiversity Crisis. N. Eldredge, editor." (book review). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 101: 576-580.
  47. DeVries, P. J. & G. E. Martinez. 1993. The morphology, natural history, and behavior of the early stages of Morpho cypris (Nymphalidae: Morphinae) — 140 years after formal recognition of the butterfly. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 101: 515-530.
  48. DeVries, P. J. 1992. Singing caterpillars, ants and symbiosis. Scientific American 267: 76-82.
  49. DeVries, P. J. 1991. The mutualism between Thisbe irenea and ants, and the role of ant ecology in the evolution of larval-ant associations. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 43: 179-195.
  50. DeVries, P. J. 1991. Call production by myrmecophilous riodinid and lycaenid butterfly caterpillars (Lepidoptera): morphological, acoustical, functional, and evolutionary patterns. American Museum Novitates 3025: 1-23.
  51. DeVries, P. J. 1991. Detecting and recording the calls produced by butterfly caterpillars and ants. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 28: 258-262.
  52. DeVries, P. J. 1991. Gesneriaceae as a larval hostplant of Hyposcada virginiana (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 28: 310-312.
  53. Jones, T. H., P. J. DeVries, & P. Escoubas. 1991. Chemistry of venom alkaloids in the ant Megalomyrmex foreli (Myrmecinae) from Costa Rica. Journal of Chemical Ecology 17: 2507-2518.
  54. DeVries, P. J. 1990. Enhancement of symbioses between butterfly caterpillars and ants by vibrational communication. Science 248: 1104 -1106.
  55. DeVries, P. J. and. T. R. Dudley. 1990. Flight physiology of migrating Urania fulgens (Uranidae): flight speeds, body-size, thermoregulation, and lipid reserves in natural free flight. Physiological Zoology 63: 235-251.
  56. DeVries, P. J. & F. G. Stiles. 1990. Attraction of pyrrolizidine alkaloid seeking Lepidoptera to Epidendrum paniculatum orchids. Biotropica 22: 290-297.
  57. Dudley, R. & P. J. DeVries. 1990. Flight physiology of migrating Urania fulgens (Uranidae) moths: kinematics and aerodynamics of natural free flight. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 167: 145-154.
  58. Dudley, R. & P. J. DeVries. 1990. Tropical rain forest structure and the geographical distribution of gliding vertebrates. Biotropica 22: 432- 434.
  59. DeVries, P. J. 1989. I remember Gordon. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 43: 152-154.
  60. DeVries, P. J. 1989 .Notes on Panacea procilla (Nymphalidae) from Costa Rica. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 27: 141-142.
  61. DeVries, P. J. 1989. "Insects and Flowers, the biology of a partnership, by F. G. Barth, 1985, Princeton Univ. Press" (book review). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 97: 118-120.
  62. DeVries, P. J. & I. Baker. 1989. Butterfly exploitation of a plant-ant mutualism: adding insult to herbivory. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 97: 332-340.
  63. DeVries, P. J. 1989. "The Butterfles of Hispaniola, by A. Schwartz, 1989, Univ. Florida Press" (book review) Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 27: 272-276.
  64. DeVries, P. J. 1988. The use of epiphylls as larval hostplants by the neotropical riodinid butterfly Sarota gyas. Journal of Natural History 22: 1447-1450.
  65. DeVries, P. J. 1988. The larval ant-organs of Thisbe irenea (Riodinidae) and their effects upon attending ants. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 94: 379-393.
  66. DeVries, P. J. 1988. Stratification of fruit-feeding nymphalid butterflies in a Costa Rican rainforest. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 26: 98-108.
  67. DeVries, P. J. & R. Dudley. 1988. "The Lives of Butterflies, M. M. Douglas, 1986, Univ. of Michigan Press" (book review), Journal of the New York Entomological Society 96: 248-250.
  68. Dudley, R. & P. J. DeVries. 1988. Flight physiology of migrating Urania fulgens (Uraniidae) moths. American Zoologist 28: 102A.
  69. DeVries, P. J. 1987. Ecological aspects of ant association and hostplant use in a riodinid butterfly. Ph. D. Dissertation, Univ. of Texas, Austin.
  70. DeVries, P. J., J. Schul & N. Greig. 1987. Synchronous nocturnal activity and gregarious roosting in the neotropical skipper butterfly Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 89: 89-103.
  71. DeVries, P. J. & M. C. Singer. 1987. "Butterflies of North America: a natural history and field guide, by J. Scott, 1985, Stanford Univ. Press" (book review). Quarterly Review of Biology 62: 330-331.
  72. DeVries, P. J. 1986. Hostplant records and natural history notes of Costa Rican butterflies (Papilionidae, Pieridae and Nymphalidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 24: 290-333.
  73. DeVries, P. J. , D. Harvey & I. Kitching. 1986. The ant associated epidermal organs on the larva of the lycaenid butterfly Curetis regula Evans. Journal of Natural History 20: 621-633.
  74. Greig, N. & P. J. DeVries. 1986. Observations on the diurnal gregarious roosting of Ocalaria sp. (Noctuidae) in Costa Rica. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 40: 124-126.
  75. DeVries, P. J., I. Kitching & R. I. Vane-Wright. 1985. The systematic position of Antirrhea and Caerois, with comments on the higher classification of the Nymphalidae. Systematic Entomology 10: 11-32.
  76. DeVries, P. J. 1984. Of crazy ants and the Curetinae: are Curetis butterflies tended by ants? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 79: 59-66.
  77. DeVries, P. J. 1983. Butterflies and the Tachinidae: do these parasites always kill their hosts? Journal of Natural History 18: 323-326.
  78. Singer, M., P. DeVries & P. Ehrlich. 1983. The Cissia confusa group (Satyrinae) in Costa Rica and Trinidad. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 79: 101-119.
  79. DeVries, P. J. 1982. The case of Perrhybris pyrrha (Pieridae) and the Lauraceae: hostplant record or assumption? Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 36: 229-230.
  80. Janzen, D. H., P. J. DeVries, M. Higgins, & L. Kimsey. 1982. Seasonal and site variation in Costa Rican euglossine bees at chemical baits in lowland deciduous and evergreen forest. Ecology 63: 66-74.
  81. DeVries, P. J. & I. Chacon. 1981. A new species of Adelpha (Nymphalidae) from Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo, Costa Rica. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 20: 123-126.
  82. DeVries, P. J. 1980. Description, natural history and distribution of a new species of Eretris (Satyridae) from Costa Rica. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 34: 146-151.
  83. DeVries, P. J. 1980. The genus Agrias (Charaxinae) in Costa Rica: description of a new subspecies of Agrias amydon, new records and natural history observations. Brenesia 17: 295-302.
  84. Janzen, D. H., P. DeVries, M. Higgins & T. Lewinson. 1980. Self and cross pollination of Encyclia cordigera orchids in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica. Biotropica 12: 72-74.
  85. DeVries, P. J. 1979. Pollen feeding in Battus and Parides butterflies from Costa Rica. Biotropica 11: 237-238.
  86. DeVries, P. J. 1979. Occurrence of fly maggots in adult Morpho theseus females (Morphinae) from Costa Rica. Brenesia 16: 223.
  87. DeVries, P. J. 1978. An annotated checklist of the butterflies of Parque Nacional Corcovado during the dry season. Brenesia 14-15: 47-56.
  88. DeVries, P. J. 1978. A record of Agrias amydon (Nymphalidae) from Costa Rica. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 23: 310.
  89. DeVries, P. J. 1978. Apparent lek behavior in Costa Rican Perrhybris pyrrha (Pieridae) from the Osa Peninsula. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 17: 142-144.
  90. DeVries, P. J. 1977. Eumaeus minyas: an aposematic lycaenid butterfly. Brenesia 12: 269-70.
  91. DeVries, P. J. 1976. Notes on the behavior of Eumaeus minyas in Costa Rica. Brenesia 8: 103-107.