Rekoa palegon

Rekoa palegon, the gold-bordered hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Argentina north to Mexico and the West Indies. A rare stray has been recorded from southern Texas.[2]

Rekoa palegon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Rekoa
Species:
R. palegon
Binomial name
Rekoa palegon
(Cramer, [1780])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio palegon Cramer, [1780]
  • Papilio myrtillus Stoll, [1781]
  • Thecla juicha Reakirt, [1867]
  • Thecla cyrriana Hewitson, 1874
  • Thecla ulia Dyar, 1913
In Tobago

The wingspan is 23–28 mm. The upperside is dull brown and the underside is gray with orange-brown outer margins and irregular stripes. There is one generation per year with adults on wing in early November in southern Texas and from May to December in Mexico. They feed on the nectar from flowers of Senecio and Eupatorium species.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Asteraceae species.

References
  1. "Rekoa Kaye, 1904" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Butterflies and Moths of North America


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