North American Ecology (US and Canada)
provided by North American Butterfly Knowledge Network
Strymon alea is a resident of North America only at the very southern tip of Texas, and is migratory in the northern part of its range; it ranges to southern Mexico (Scott 1986). Habitats are subtropical thorn forests along creeks. Host plants are the shrub Bernardia myricaefolia (Euphorbiaceae). Larvae eat blossums and buds. There are multiple flights year-round in s. Texas (Scott 1986).
