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Education
:1994-1999 | Ph.D., Department of Entomology and Nematology, |
1990-1993 | B.A., M.A. Honours, Department of Zoology, St. Johns College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK |
Grants and Awards
:2007-2011 | National Science Foundation Grant (Principal Investigator on Biodiversity Surveys & Inventories Grant DEB# 0639977 - "Collaborative Research: The Butterflies of Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) - A Comprehensive Survey of a Megadiverse Fauna") |
2003 | Royal Entomological Society Award |
2001-2006 | National Science Foundation Grant (Principal Investigator on Biodiversity Surveys & Inventories Grant # 0103746 - "Survey of the Andean butterfly fauna of Ecuador") |
2001-2002 | Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship (National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC) |
1999-2000 | Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship (National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC) |
1999 | J. Turner Predoctoral Fellowship (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL) |
1998 | Collections Studies Grant (American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY) |
1997-2000 | National Geographic Society Grant (Joint Principal Investigator on Research and Exploration Grant # 96-5751) |
1996 | Sigma-Xi, Grant-in-aid of Research |
1995 | Sigma-Xi, Grant-in-aid of Research |
1993 | Grants awarded for "Oxford and Cambridge Butterfly Expedition to Ecuador 1993" |
Positions held
:2005 | President of the Entomological Society of Washington, Washington, DC |
2004 | President-elect of the Entomological Society of Washington, Washington, DC |
2002- | Research Entomologist, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Trust Fund) |
1999-2002 | Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution |
1999-2002 | Research Associate, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution |
1999-2000 | Affiliate Faculty, Department of Zoology, University of Florida |
1994-1999 | Research Assistant, Schaus Swallowtail Recovery Program, University of Florida |
Research interests
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Broadly, my research interests cover the evolution, systematics, phylogenetics, biogeography, ecology and conservation of butterflies, particularly those from the Neotropics and those belonging to the family Riodinidae. The systematics of this almost exclusively Neotropical family of approximately 1400 species was until recently perhaps the most poorly known of all the butterfly families. As a group it also presents an endlessly fascinating array of ecological research topics, most of which are in their infancy, including species specific male perching behaviors in time and space which relate to reproductive isolation and niche partitioning, mimicry amongst each other and of almost every other butterfly family, and myrmecophily and larval-ant communication. My research on riodinid butterflies has shed light on several topics of broad evolutionary interest, including the evolution of myrmecophily and aphytophagy, providing new theories on the relationships between morphology and nutritional ecology, generating more detailed hypotheses of Amazonian area relationships and vertical parapatric montane speciation than have ever been published before using either vertebrates or invertebrates, and a revised estimate of the age of the Riodinidae based on evidence from Dominican amber fossils. Specific short-term research goals include creating natural generic classifications for the most poorly known riodinid tribes, the Nymphidiini (the largest myrmecophilous riodinid group) and the Symmachiini, using predominantly morphological character sets but also molecular ones when the former do not provide sufficient phylogenetic information, and generating a comprehensive generic-level phylogenetic hypothesis for the Riodinidae based on molecular evidence from 2-4 genes (in collaboration with Naomi Pierce's Harvard lab). My involvement with the alpha taxonomy of butterflies, particularly riodinids, will continue as an essential component of completing two longer term research goals, a five volume comprehensive work on the Papilionoidea of Ecuador (with Keith R. Willmott), the first for any Neotropical country, and a book on the Riodinidae of the Neotropics, providing a comprehensive systematic and pictorial treatment, and a synthesis of our biological knowledge on the group. During the course of my research, I have also visited numerous private collections around the World, and most of the major museums throughout the Americas and Europe to examine, dissect and curate Neotropical butterflies: Americas: Cambridge, USA - MCZ; New York, USA - AMNH; Reading, USA - RPM; Pittsburgh, USA - CMNH; Washington, USA - USNM; Gainesville, USA - FSCA; Sarasota, USA - AME; Quito, Ecuador - MECN and QCAZ; Lima, Peru - MUSM; and Field work :I have conducted fieldwork in east Africa, throughout Asia and Australasia, and the majority of countries in Central and tropical South America as follows: Neotropics: Mexico (3 trips), Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Ecuador (12 trips), Peru, Bolivia, Brazil; Since 1991, I have accomplished nearly a year and a half of intensive fieldwork in Ecuador, where, with a colleague (Keith R. Willmott), I have gathered voluminous ecological information and compiled one of the most extensive butterfly research collections and databases for any Neotropical country. Scientific Publications :Books: |
1999a. | Hall, J. P. W. A Revision of the Genus Theope: its Systematics and Biology (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini). Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. vii + 127pp. |
2005a | Hall, J. P. W. A Phylogenetic Revision of the Napaeina (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Mesosemiini). Entomological Society of Washington, Washington, DC. 235 pp. |
2009a. | Hall, J. P. W. A Monograph of the Nymphidiina: Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Biology and Biogeography (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini). The Entomological Society of Washington, Washington, DC. c. 500 pp. [in prep.] |
201X. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. The Butterflies of Ecuador and their Natural History. Part III: Riodinidae. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. [in prep.] |
201X. | Hall, J. P. W., K. R. Willmott, and R. C. Busby. The Butterflies of Ecuador and their Natural History. Part IV: Lycaenidae. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. [in prep.] |
201X. | Willmott, K. R., and J. P. W. Hall. The Butterflies of Ecuador and their Natural History. Part I: Papilionidae, Pieridae and Nymphalidae (Libytheinae, Danainae, Nymphalinae, Heliconinae, Limenitidinae). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. [in prep.] |
201X. | Willmott, K. R., and J. P. W. Hall. The Butterflies of Ecuador and their Natural History. Part II: Nymphalidae (Biblidinae, Apaturinae, Charaxinae, Satyrinae, Morphinae). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. [in prep.] |
201X. | Willmott, K. R., and J. P. W. Hall. The Butterflies of Ecuador. A Field Guide. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. [in prep.] |
Papers: [PDF = electronic pdf file available]
1993. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. Temporal and elevational additions of distribution for Costa Rican butterflies. Tropical Lepidoptera, 4(2): 139-141. PDF |
1994 | Willmott, K. R., and J. P. W. Hall. Four new species of riodinids from western Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 5(2): 87-91. PDF |
1995a. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. Two new species of Mesene from western Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 6(2): 110-112. PDF |
1995b. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. Five new species and a new genus of riodinid from the cloud forests of eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 6(2): 131-135. PDF |
1995c. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. Notes on the genus Argyrogrammana, with descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 6(2): 136-143. PDF |
1995d. | Willmott, K. R., and J. P. W. Hall. Two new species of satyrines from Ecuador (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 6(2): 103-105. PDF |
1995e. | Willmott, K. R., and J. P. W. Hall. Two new species of Adelpha from eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 6(2): 106-109. PDF |
1996a. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. The genus Theope: four new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 7(1): 63-67. PDF |
1996b. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. Notes on the genus Argyrogrammana, Part 2, with one new species. Tropical Lepidoptera, 7(1): 71-80. PDF |
1996c. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. Systematics of the riodinid tribe Symmachiini, with the description of a new genus and five new species from Ecuador, Venezuela and Brazil (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Lambillionea, 96:00:00 637-660. PDF |
1996d. | DeVries, P. J., and J. P. W. Hall. Two new species of riodinids from Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 7(1): 87-90. PDF |
1996e. | Torres, R., J. P. W. Hall, K. R. Willmott, and K. Johnson. A new genus of elfin butterflies from the northern high Andes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 7(1): 81-86. PDF |
1997a. | Hall, J. P. W., and G. T. Austin. Riodinidae of Rondônia, Brazil: a new species of Theope (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 8(2): 101-102. PDF |
1997b. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. The Butterflies of Venezuela. Part I. Nymphalidae I (Limenitidinae, Apaturinae, Charaxinae). A Comprehensive Guide to the Identification of Adult Nymphalidae, Ppailionidae and Pieridae. by Andrew F. E. Nield. Tropical Lepidoptera, 8(1): 46 [book review] PDF |
1998a. | Hall, J. P. W. A review of the genus Sarota (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae), pp. 1-21. In: J. P. W. Hall (ed.) A Contribution to Riodinid Systematics. Tropical Lepidoptera, 9(2), Supplement 1 Download reprint [PDF 1] [PDF 2] |
1998b. | Hall, J. P. W. Six new species in the "foliorum group" of Theope (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Lambillionea, 98(4): 562-573. PDF |
1998c. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. Four new riodinid species from eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Lambillionea, 98:00:00 325-334. PDF |
1998d. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. Nine new species and one new subspecies of Euselasia from Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae), pp. 27-35. In: J. P. W. Hall (ed.) A Contribution to Riodinid Systematics. Tropical Lepidoptera, 9(2), Supplement 1 PDF |
1998e. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. Three new species of Riodinini from the cloud forests of Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae), pp. 22-26. In: J. P. W. Hall (ed.) A Contribution to Riodinid Systematics. Tropical Lepidoptera, 9(2), Supplement 1 PDF |
1998f. | Hall, J. P. W., and D. J. Harvey. A new genus of riodinid, with a new species from Panama (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini), pp. 36-41. In: J. P. W. Hall (ed.) A Contribution to Riodinid Systematics. Tropical Lepidoptera, 9(2), Supplement 1 PDF |
1999a. | Hall, J. P. W.The Genus Theope and Relatives: their Systematics and Biology (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini). Gainesville: University of Florida. Ph.D. Dissertation. viii + 381pp. |
1999b. | Hall, J. P. W., and E. Furtado. Two new species and one subspecies of riodinid from southwest Brazil (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 10(1): 19-24. PDF |
1999c. | Hall, J. P. W., and J. B. Heppner. Lemoniadini, a corrected tribal name in the Riodininae (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 10(1): 30 PDF |
1999d. | Pyrcz, T. W., K. R. Willmott, and J. P. W. Hall. Contribution to the knowledge of Ecuadorian Pronophilini. Part III. Three new species and five new subspecies of Lymanopoda (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Genus, 10(3): 497-522. Download reprint [PDF 1] [PDF 2] |
1999e. | Willmott, K. R., and J. P. W. Hall. Taxonomic notes on Ecuadorian Adelpha with the description of two new species and seven new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 10(1): 1-17. Download reprint [PDF 1] [PDF 2] |
2000a. | Hall, J. P. W. Two new genera in the Neotropical riodinid tribe Nymphidiini (Riodinidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 54(2): 41-46. PDF |
2000b. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. Patterns of feeding behaviour in adult male riodinid butterflies and their relationship to morphology and ecology. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 69(1): 1-23. PDF |
2001a. | Hall, J. P. W. A revision of the new riodinid butterfly genus Dachetola (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Riodinini). Journal of the New York Entomological Society,109(2): 183-195. PDF |
2001b. | Hall, J. P. W., and D. J. Harvey. A phylogenetic analysis of the Neotropical riodinid butterfly genera Juditha, Lemonias, Thisbe, and Uraneis, with a revision of Juditha (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini). Systematic Entomology, 26(4): 453-490. PDF |
2001c. | Hall, J. P. W., and D. J. Harvey. A phylogenetic revision of the Charis gynaea group (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) with comments on historical relationships among Neotropical areas of endemism. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 94(5): 631-647. PDF |
2001d. | Hall, J. P. W., and D. J. Harvey. A reassessment of Calociasma with the description of a new genus and a new species (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 109(2): 196-205. PDF |
2001e. | Hall, J. P. W., and G. Lamas. Five new riodinid species from northwestern dry forest and northeastern Andean cloud forest habitats in Peru (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Revista Peruana Entomologia, 42:00:00 9-19. PDF |
2001f. | Willmott, K. R., J. P. W. Hall, and G. Lamas. Systematics of Hypanartia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae), with a test for speciation mechanisms in the Andes. Systematic Entomology, 26(4): 369-399. PDF |
2001g. | Willmott, K. R., L. M. Constantino, and J. P. W. Hall. A review of Colobura (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae), with description of a new species and illustration of the immature stages. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 94(2): 185-196. PDF |
2002a. | Hall, J. P. W. A review of the new riodinid butterfly genus Panaropsis (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Symmachiini). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 104(1): 63-72. PDF |
2002b. | Hall, J. P. W. A review of Chalodeta with a revision of the Chalodeta chaonitis group(Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 104(2): 376-389. PDF |
2002c. | Hall, J. P. W. Phylogeny of the riodinid butterfly subtribe Theopeina (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini). Systematic Entomology, 27(2): 139-168. PDF |
2002d. | Hall, J. P. W. A phylogenetic revision of Calydna and relatives (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Insect Systematics and Evolution, 33(2): 185-237. |
2002e. | Hall, J. P. W., and D. J. Harvey. A survey of androconial organs in the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 136:00:00 171-197. PDF |
2002f. | Hall, J. P. W., and D. J. Harvey. The phylogeography of Amazonia revisited: new evidence from riodinid butterflies. Evolution, 56(7): 1489-1497. PDF |
2002g. | Hall, J. P. W., and D. J. Harvey. A phylogenetic review of Charis and Calephelis (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 95(4): 407-421. PDF |
2002h. | Hall, J. P. W., and D. J. Harvey. A revision of the Neotropical butterfly genus Seco Hall and Harvey (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 104(4): 941-947. PDF |
2002i. | Hall, J. P. W., and D. J. Harvey. Basal subtribes of the Nymphidiini (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae): phylogeny and myrmecophily. Cladistics, 18(6): 539-569. |
2002j. | Harvey, D. J., and J. P. W. Hall. Phylogenetic revision of the Charis cleonus complex (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Systematic Entomology, 27(3): 265-300. PDF |
2003a. | Hall, J. P. W. Phylogenetic reassessment of the five forewing radial-veined tribes of the Riodininae (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Systematic Entomology, 28(1): 23-37. PDF |
2003b. | Hall, J. P. W., and C. J. Callaghan. A revision of the new riodinid butterfly genus Pseudotinea (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Journal of Natural History, 37(7): 821-837. PDF |
2004a. | Hall, J. P. W.The Genus Adelpha: its Systematics, Biology and Biogeography (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidini). by Keith R. Willmott. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 106(3): 728-730. [book review] PDF |
2004b. | Hall, J. P. W. Metalmark Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae), pp. 1383-1386. In: J. L. Capinera (ed.) Encyclopedia of Entomology, Vol. 2. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. PDF |
2004c. | Hall, J. P. W., and D. J. Harvey. Five new riodinid species from the Napo region of Ecuador and Peru (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera,12(1-2)("2001"): 35-41. PDF |
2004e. | Hall, J. P. W., D. J. Harvey, and D. H. Janzen. Life history of Calydna sturnula with a review of larval and pupal balloon setae in the Riodinidae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 97(2): 310-321. PDF |
2004f. | Hall, J. P. W., and G. Lamas. A new cloud forest species of Calydna (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) from Peru, with a revised phylogeny of the C. hiria group. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 106(4): 733-738. PDF |
2004g. | Hall, J. P. W., R. K. Robbins, and D. J. Harvey. Extinction and biogeography in the Caribbean: new evidence from a fossil riodinid butterfly in Dominican amber. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 271(1541): 797-801. PDF |
2004h. | Cock, M. J. W., and J. P. W. Hall. Immature stages of Calydna venusta morio (Riodinidae)from Trinidad. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 58(1): 51-53. PDF |
2004i. | Willmott, K. R., and J. P. W. Hall. Taxonomic notes on the genus Zaretis, with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 12(1-2)("2001"): 29-34. PDF |
2005a. | Hall, J. P. W. A review of the Metacharis syloes group (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae), with the description of two new west Andean species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 107(1): 200-208. PDF |
2005b. | Hall, J. P. W. Montane speciation patterns in Ithomiola butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae): are they consistently moving up in the World? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 272(1580): 2457-2466. PDF |
2005c. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. A new species of Paiwarria (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) from western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 107(4): 960-967. PDF |
2005d. | Hall, J. P. W., K. R. Willmott and R. C. Busby. Five new Penaincisalia species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) from the Andes of southern Ecuador and northern Peru. Zootaxa, 797: 1-20. PDF |
2006a. | Hall, J. P. W. A remarkable new riodinid species, Stalachtis halloweeni (Riodinidae: Stalachtini), from Mount Ayanganna, Guyana. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 60(3): 138-142. |
2006b. | Pyrcz, T. W., K. R. Willmott, J. P. W. Hall and A. L. Viloria. A review of the genus Manerebia Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in the northern Andes. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 39: 37-79. PDF |
2007a. | Hall, J. P. W. Phylogenetic revision of the new riodinid butterfly genus Minstrellus (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 100(6): 773-786. PDF |
2007b. | Hall, J. P. W. Two new genera in the Nymphidiina (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini). Zootaxa, 1415: 35-42. PDF |
2007c. | Hall, J. P. W., and D. J. Harvey. Three new species in the riodinid tribe Symmachiini from Panama and Colombia (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 16(1-2): 7-10. PDF |
2007d. | Hall, J. P. W., and G. Lamas. Four new symmachiine taxa from the eastern Andes of Peru and Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Zootaxa, 1533: 41-52. PDF |
2007e. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. Four new species of Symmachiini from Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 16(1-2): 1-5. PDF |
2008. | Hall, J. P. W. Theope revisited: a synopsis of new discoveries, with the description of three new species from Ecuador and Peru (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 110(1): 144-158. |
2009a. | Willmott, K. W., A. V. L. Freitas, J. P. W. Hall, K. L. Silva-Brandão, and M. Paluch. A new species of Actinote Hübner from the eastern Andes of Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 111(1): 47-56. PDF [NOTE: published figures are monochrome] |
2009b. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. Two new species of Euselasia (Riodinidae: Euselasiinae) from western Ecuador. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 18(1): in press. |
2009c. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. Discovery of a new Lucillella species (Riodinidae: Symmachiini) in the eastern Andes of Ecuador using the single rope canopy access technique. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, submitted. |
2009d. | Janzen, D. H. et al. (46 authors). Integration of DNA barcoding into an ongoing inventory of complex tropical biodiversity. Molecular Ecology Resources, in press. |
2010. | Cock, M. J. W., and J. P. W. Hall. An annotated checklist of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad and Tobago. [in prep.] |
Popular publications:
2001h. | Hall, J. P. W., and K. R. Willmott. Ecuador. Out on a limb. National GeographicMagazine (Update from the field), 199(2): 86 PDF |
2001i. | Willmott, K. R., and J. P. W. Hall. Winged gems of Ecuador. Biodiversity paradise. National GeographicMagazine (Geographica) 199(5): xxviii. PDF | 2003c. | Willmott, K. R., and J. P. W. Hall. Common Butterflies of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Published by the authors, London, UK. 2 pp. |
2003d. | Willmott, K. R., and J. P. W. Hall. Common Butterflies of Yuturi and Yarina lodges. Published by the authors, London, UK. 2 pp. |
2006c. | Eliot, J. L., and J. P. W. Hall. Fossils. Butterfly jewels. National Geographic Magazine, 210(1): xxx. |