Shotgun assembly of the complete mitochondrial genome of the neotropical cracker butterfly Hamadryas epinome

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of the cracker butterfly Hamadryas epinome (C. Felder and R. Felder, 1867) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Biblidinae) has been sequenced using a genome-skimming approach on an Illumina Hiseq 2000 platform. The mitochondrial genome of H. epinome was determined to be 15,207 bp long and presents an organization similar to other Ditrysia mitogenomes. A non-coding poly-AT region of uncertain length is present at position 6180.

• Genome skimming
• next-generation sequencing
• nymphalid

Declaration of interest

This work was supported by “Investissement d’Avenir” grants managed by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (CEBA, ref. ANR-10-LABX-25-01; TULIP, ANR-10-LABX-41, ANR-11-IDEX-0002-02) as well as project METABAR (ANR-11-BSV7-0020). Specimen was collected in Peru under research permit 0148-2011-AG-DGFFS-DGEFFS by M. Elias and N. Chazot. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.