Phylogenetic analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of the orange-winged sulphur butterfly Dercas nina Mell 1913 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Coliadinae).

ABSTRACT: Dercas nina Mell 1913 (Pieridae) is a little-studied butterfly species endemic to China that flies primarily in the forest canopy. Genome skimming by Illumina sequencing allowed assembly of 146,702 reads for complete 1471.3-fold mean coverage of the circular 15,264 bp mitogenome from D. nina consisting of 82.1% AT nucleotides. A gene order typical of butterflies was recovered consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, two rRNAs, and a predicted control region. The Dercas nina COX1 open reading frame begins with atypical start codon CGA. Six protein-coding genes (COX1, COX2, ND2, ND3, ND4, ND5) with single-nucleotide (T) stop codons, and two protein-coding genes (ATP6, ATP8) with two-nucleotide (TA) stop codo

SUBMITTER: Agcaoili AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11562023 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature