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Abstract
Taxonomic status and phylogenetic position of some skippers within Hesperiidae remains a controversial issue, here, we sequenced and analyzed the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Abraximorpha davidii, one of species in Hesperiidae. This mitogenome is 15,469 bp long and encodes 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), and two ribosomal RNA unit genes (rRNAs). The overall base composition of the mitogenome is A 40.2%, T 41.4%, C 11.2%, and G 7.2%, with a high A + T content of 81.6%. Except for cox1 starting with CGA, all other PCGs start with the standard ATN codons (seven ATG and five ATT). Most of the PCGs terminate with the stop codon TAA, whereas cox1, cox2, nad5, and nad4 end with the incomplete codon T−. Phylogenetic analysis showed that A. davidii is closely related to Daimio tethys and Tagiades vajuna, then this clade clusters Ctenoptilum vasava and Celaenorrhinus maculosa.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Dr Xiangqun Yuan (Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China) for comments on an earlier draft of this paper. We also acknowledge the input of four anonymous reviewers and the associate editor, who greatly improved the manuscript.
Disclosure statement
The authors report no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.
Data availability statement
The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/, reference number MT371044. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA668435, SRR12805523, and SAMN16409364, respectively.