Strymon alea

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| taxon = Strymon alea

| authority = (Godman & Salvin, [1887])

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• Thecla alea Godman & Salvin, [1887]
• Callicista laceyi Barnes & McDunnough, 1910
• Strymon laceyi Barnes & McDunnough

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Strymon alea, the Alea hairstreak or Lacey's scrub-hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1887. It is found from north-western Costa Rica through Mexico to central and southern Texas.[http://www.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/strymon/index.html Strymon at funet] The habitat consists of subtropical thorn scrub.

The wingspan is 19–29 mm. Adults feed on flower nectar.

The larvae feed on the buds and flowers and Bernardia myricaefolia.[http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Strymon-alea Butterflies and Moths of North America]