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]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Rekoa palegon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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

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The wingspan is 23–28 mm. 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.