The complete mitochondrial genome of blue pansy, Junonia orithya (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) from Pakistan

Saira Bibi; Muhammad Fiaz Khan; Aqsa Rehman; Muzafar Shah; Faisal Nouroz; Aneesa Nayab

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1768912

The complete mitochondrial genome of blue pansy, Junonia orithya (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) from Pakistan

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 May 27;5(3):2143-2144. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1768912. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Saira Bibi^{1

2}, Muhammad Fiaz Khan¹, Aqsa Rehman¹, Muzafar Shah³, Faisal Nouroz⁴, Aneesa Nayab⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Zoology, Hazara University, Mansehra, KPK, Pakistan.
² Women University Swabi, >Pakistan.
³ Department of Zoology, University of Swat, Saidu Sharif, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Bioinformatics, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan.
⁵ Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan.

Abstract

Junonia orithya's complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) is determined to be 14,214 bp in length, including 37 typical mitochondrial genes and an AT-rich region. Its gene order and orientation are identical to those of other butterfly species. All PCGs are initiated by typical ATN codons, except for cox1 gene which is started by CGA codon. Nine genes use complete termination codon (TAA), whereas the COX1, COX2, NADH1 and NAH4 genes end with single T. Except for trnS1(AGN), all tRNA genes display typical secondary cloverleaf structures as those of other insects. The 331 bp long AT-rich region contains several features common to the other lepidopterans, such as the ATAGA motif followed by a 18 bp poly-T stretch, two microsatellite-like (TA) 9 elements, a 5 bp poly-A stretch immediately upstream of trNAM gene from Pakistan.

Keywords: Blue pansy; Pakistan; complete; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic analysis.