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Rekoa Kaye, 1904
Rekoa Kaye, 1904; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904 (2) : 198, TS: Papilio meton Cramer
Heterosmaitia Clench, 1964; J. Res. Lepid. 2 (4): 254, TS: Thecla bourkei Kaye
= Thereus ; Clench, 1970, J. Lep. Soc. 24: (56-59)
= ; [NL4A, 123]; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 200
Heterosmaitia (Eumaeini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 440
Rekoa ; Robbins, 1991, Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 498: (1-64)
Rekoa (Eumaeini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 440; [Opler]; [NL4A, 123]
Rekoa (Eumaeina) ; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 200
Rekoa meton (Cramer, [1779])
Mexico - Brazil. See [About maps] Papilio meton Cramer, [1779]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 15, pl. 201, f. D, E, TL: Surinam
Hesperia augustus Fabricius, 1793; , TL: America
= ; [NL4A, #311]
Mithras metus Hübner, [1819]; (repl. name), TL: Surinam
= ; [NL4A, #311]
Rekoa meton, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Rekoa meton, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 Thecla meton ; Hewitson, 1867, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 87; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 37; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 716; [BOW: pl. 68, f. 44]
Rekoa meton ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 152; [NL4A, #311]
Rekoa malina (Hewitson, 1867)
Brazil, Argentina. See [About maps] Thecla malina Hewitson, 1867; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 88, pl. 34, f. 68-70, TL: Brazil
Thecla phrynisca Burmeister, 1878; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #312]
Thecla malina ; [BOW: pl. 68, f. 26 (text)]
Rekoa malina ; [NL4A, #312]
Rekoa palegon (Cramer, [1780])
Mexico - Brazil, Venezuela, Peru. See [About maps] Gold-bordered Hairstreak
Papilio palegon Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): pl. 282, f. C, D, TL: "Sierra Leone" [error]
Papilio myrtillus Stoll, [1781]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (32-32): pl. 380, f. B, C, TL: Surinam
= ; [NL4A, #313]; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 200
Thecla juicha Reakirt, [1867]; Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (5): 338, TL: Mexico, Veracruz
= ; [NL4A, #313]; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 200
Thecla cyrriana Hewitson, 1874; Ent. mon. Mag. 11 (5) : 105, TL: Callao or Paita, Peru
= ; [NL4A, #313]; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 201
Thecla ulia Dyar, 1913; Proc. U.S. natn. Mus. 45 (2006) : 637, TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #313]; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 201
Rekoa palegon, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Rekoa palegon, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Rekoa palegon, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Thecla cyrriana ; Hewitson, 1877, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (7): 195, pl. 78, f. 625-626; Clench, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21: (181-184)
Thereus mytillus ; Godman & Salvin, 1887, (missp.)
?Thecla myrtillus ; [BOW: pl. 68, f. 48]
Rekoa palegon cyrriana ;
Thecla palegon ; Hewitson, 1867, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 86; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 37; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 716; [BOW: pl. 69, f. 9]
Thereus palegon ; [NACL, #4297]
Rekoa palegon ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 152; [Opler]; [NL4A, #313]; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 200
[palegon-1m.jpg] 430x479 (~30Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Rekoa zebina (Hewitson, 1869)
Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico. See [About maps] Zebina Hairstreak
Thecla zebina Hewitson, 1869; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): 120, pl. 49, f. 237-238, TL: Nicaragua
Thecla orses Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 43, 3: pl. 53, f. 11-12, TL: Guatemala
= ; [NL4A, #314]
Thecla guadala Schaus, 1902; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262) : 418, TL: Mexico, Jalisco
= ; [NL4A, #314]
Rekoa zebina, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Rekoa zebina, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Rekoa zebina, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Rekoa zebina ; [NL4A, #314]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Thereus zebina (= Rekoa marius); [NACL, #4295]
Rekoa bourkei (Kaye, 1925)
Dominican Republic Thecla bourkei Kaye, 1925; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1924 (3/4) : 416, TL: "Trinidad"
Heterosmaitia abeja Johnson & Matusik, 1988; , TL: Dominican Republic
= ; [NL4A, #315]
Rekoa bourkei ; [NL4A, #315]
Rekoa marius (Lucas, 1857)
S.Texas, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Amazon. See [About maps] Marius Hairstreak
Thecla marius Lucas, 1857; in Sagra, Hist. fis. pol. nat. Isla Cuba (2) 7 : 559, TL: "Cuba"
Thecla aon Lucas, 1857; in Sagra, Hist. fis. pol. nat. Isla Cuba (2) 7 : 610, TL: "Cuba",Mexico, Yucatán
= ; [NL4A, #316]; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 201
Thecla spurina Hewitson, 1867; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 102, pl. 39, f. 122-123, TL: Brazil, Amazon
= ; [NL4A, #316]; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 201
Thecla ericusa Hewitson, 1867; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 113, pl. 42, f. 162, TL: Brazil
= ; [NL4A, #316]; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 201
Thecla brescia Hewitson, 1868; Descr. some new spec Lyc.: 13, TL: Mexico
= ; [NL4A, #316]; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 201
Thecla voconia Hewitson, 1869; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): 120, pl. 49, f. 244-245
= ; [NL4A, #316]; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 201
Rekoa marius, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Rekoa marius, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 Thecla spurina ; Hewitson, 1867, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 102, pl. 39, f. 122-123
Thereus spurina ; [NACL, #4296]
Thecla brescia ; Hewitson, 1869, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): 119, pl. 50, f. 260-261; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 43, 3: pl. 53, f. 8-10; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 717; [BOW: pl. 67, f. 45]
Thecla ericusa ; [BOW: pl. 68, f. 12]
Thecla aon ; Hewitson, 1869, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): 123
Rekoa marius ; [NL4A, #316]; [Opler]; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 201
Rekoa stagira (Hewitson, 1867)
Mexico, Nicaragua, Brazil. See [About maps] Thecla stagira Hewitson, 1867; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 113, pl. 39, f. 120-121, pl. 43, f. 167, TL: Brazil, Pará
Thecla stagira var. erenea Hewitson, 1867; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 113, pl. 42, f. 163-164, TL: Brazil, Pará
= ; [NL4A, #317]
Thecla timaea Hewitson, 1869; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): 125, pl. 51, f. 268-269 (preocc. C. & R. Felder, 1865), TL: Brazil, Pará
= ; [NL4A, #317]
Thecla volana Hewitson, 1869; , TL: Brazil
= ; [NL4A, #317]
Thecla lydia Kirby, 1871; (repl. name), TL: Brazil, Pará
= ; [NL4A, #317]
Thecla thoana Hewitson, 1874; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (6): 172, pl. 67, f. 490, TL: Nicaragua
= ; [NL4A, #317]
Thecla spurina carioca Ebert, 1965; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #317]
Rekoa stagira, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Rekoa stagira, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 Thecla stagira ; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 52
Rekoa stagira ; [NL4A, #317]

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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BOA]
Interactive Listing of American Butterflies; Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[ILMB]
Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[JRL]
The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera; JRL Archive
[John Shuey]
e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
[NL4A]
Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
[Opler]
Opler & Warren, 2003 (April); Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.

Some related literature:
Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera (continued) J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 145-168
Clench, 1964
A synopsis of the West Indian Lycaenidae with remarks on their zoogeography J. Res. Lepid. 2 (4): 247-270 (1963)
Clench, 1967
Type localities of some neotropical Lycaenidae taken by Gervase Mathew and described by W. C. Hewitson J. Lep. Soc. 21: 181-184
Clench, 1970
Generic notes on two hairstreaks new to the United States (Lycaenidae) J. Lep. Soc. 24: 56-59
Cramer, [1779]; Cramer, [1780]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 1-104, pl. 193-252 (1779), (22): 105-128, pl. 253-264 ([1780]), (23-24): 129-176, pl. 265-288 (1780)
Dyar, 1913
Results of the Yale Peruvian expedition of 1911. Lepidoptera Proc. U.S. natn. Mus. 45 (2006) : 627-649
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6
Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112
Hewitson, 1867; Hewitson, 1869; Hewitson, 1874; Hewitson, 1877
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
Hewitson, 1868
Descriptions of some new species of Lycaenidae Descr. some new spec Lyc.: 36pp
Hewitson, 1874
Description of new species of Lycaenidae from South America Ent. mon. Mag. 11 (5) : 104-107
Kaye, 1904
A catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera of Trinidad Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904 (2) : 159-224, pl. 17-18
Kaye, 1925
New species and sub-species of Trinidad Rhopalocera and Heterocera Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1924 (3/4) : 413-428, pl. 45
Lucas, 1857
Historia física política y natural de la Isla de Cuba. (Lepidópteros) in Sagra, Hist. fis. pol. nat. Isla Cuba (2) 7 : 474-750, pl. 14-17 (French Edition) (1857), : 202-313, pl. 14-17 (1857)
Pelham, 2008
A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada J. Res. Lepid. 40: 1-652
Reakirt, [1867]
Descriptions of some new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera. Series II Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (4): 331-336 (1867), (5): 337-342 (1867)
Robbins, 1991
Evolution, comparative morphology, and identification of the eumaeine butterfly genus Rekoa Kaye (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 498: i-iii, 1-64
Schaus, 1902
Descriptions of New American Butterflies Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262) : 383-460
Stoll, [1781]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)

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