Complete mitochondrial genome of Kallima inachus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae): Comparison of K. inachus and Argynnis hyperbius

Abstract

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.

Keywords::

• Kallima inachus
• complete mitochondrial genome
• Nymphalidae

Acknowledgment

The project was funded by The Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, P.R. China.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.