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Phylogenetic analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of the Blomfild’s Beauty butterfly Smyrna blomfildia (Fabricius 1781) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalini)

Phylogenetic analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of the Blomfild’s Beauty butterfly Smyrna blomfildia (Fabricius 1781) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalini)

Authors :
Mackenzie R. Alexiuk
Melanie M. L. Lalonde
Jeffrey M. Marcus
Source :
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, Vol 6, Iss 11, Pp 3199-3201 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Abstract

The Blomfild’s Beauty butterfly Smyrna blomfildia (Fabricius 1781) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalini) is a sexually dimorphic species found in Mexico, Central, and South America. Males are territorial and are more vibrantly colored than females. Genome skimming by Illumina sequencing allowed the assembly of a complete circular mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of 15,149 bp from S. blomfildia consisting of 83.9% AT nucleotides, 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, two rRNAs, and a control region in the typical butterfly gene order. The S. blomfilda COX1 gene features an atypical start codon (CGA) while ATP6, COX1, COX2, CYTB, ND1, ND3, ND4, and ND5 display partial stop codons completed by the addition of 3’ A residues to the mRNA. Bayesian phylogenetic reconstruction places Smyrna as a member of the tribe Nymphalini and sister to a clade containing genera Araschnia, Vanessa, Polygonia, and Aglais, which differs from its classic taxonomic placement in tribe Coeini.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23802359
Volume :
6
Issue :
11
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f56ca14d8f5848eeb9479ebf9b068231
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2021.1989337