Whole genome sequencing of some Rapala Moore, [1881] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) for phylogenetic and taxonomic analysis
Whole genome sequencing of 26 specimens representing 16 taxa from 15 species of the butterfly genus Rapala Moore (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), including the new species Rapala laximae. Specimens were sourced from natural history collections including CMNH, MFNB, MGCL, SMF, TMMC, and ZSMC. DNA was extracted from legs and sequencing library preparation and high-throughput sequencing followed Li et al. (2019; PNAS 116: 6232-6237) at the Grishin Lab, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Data are used for maximum-likelihood phylogenetic inference based on Z-chromosome coding sequences and diagnostic nucleotide site identification to support the description of a new species.