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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.
Declaration of interest
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41172004) and the Opening Funds from the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 104143). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.