Complete mitochondrial genome of Kallima inachus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae): comparison of K. inachus and Argynnis hyperbius.
In this paper, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of Kallima inachus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae), which is considered a rare species in China. The genome is 15,183 bp in size. Its gene arrangement pattern was identical with those of Argynnis hyperbius. We compared the mitochondrial genome of K. inachus with that of A. hyperbius. Nucleotide sequence similarity between the two whole mitochondrial genomes was 85.92%, and the relatively low similarity seems to indicate that the two species are distinctly separated on the species level. The information on the mitochondrial genome comparison of the two species is discussed in detail in this paper.
College of Life Science, Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, PR China.
Xin-Min
XM
Qin
Qing-Xin
QX
Guan
De-Long
DL
Zeng
Feng
F
Qin
Hui-Min
HM
Li
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002080:Butterflies / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D056727:Endangered Species; D023061:Gene Order; D049750:Genome, Insect / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D019476:Insect Proteins