title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the Daimio tethys (Lepidoptera: Hesperoidea: Hesperiidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of Daimio tethys (Hesperoidea: Hesperiidae) is a circular molecule of 15,341 bp in length, containing 37 typical animal mitochondrial genes: 13 protein coding genes (ATP6, ATP8, COI-III, ND1-6, ND4L, Cytb), 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and a non-coding AT-rich region. Its gene order and content are identical to all other available butterfly mitogenomes. All PCGs initiate with typical ATN codons, except for COI, which is initiated by the CGA codon as observed in other butterfly species. Ten PCGs use complete termination codons TAA or TAG, whereas the COI, COII and ND5 genes end with a single T. A total of 179 bp of intergenic spacers are interspersed in 11 regions, ranging in size from 1 to 82 bp. The AT-rich region is 415 bp long and contains some conserved structures characteristic of the lepidopteran mitogenomes, including the motif ATAGA followed by a 17 bp poly-T stretch and a microsatellite-like (AT)8 element preceded by the ATTA motif.
authors: a Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China.
authors: Ni
authors: N
authors: Zuo
authors: a Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China.
authors: Shanshan
authors: S
authors: Gan
authors: a Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China.
authors: Yanhong
authors: Y
authors: Chen
authors: a Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China.
authors: Jiasheng
authors: J
authors: Hao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial / Q000502:physiology*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000502:physiology*; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000235:genetics*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D059372:Nucleotide Motifs / Q000502:physiology*; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012313:RNA; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Complete mitochondrial genome; daimio tethys; hesperiidae; hesperoidea