Complete mitochondrial genome of Papilio elwesi and its phylogenetic analyses with other swallowtail butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)

Jiamin Liang; Fangzhou Ma; Min Wang; Houshuai Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2051758

Complete mitochondrial genome of Papilio elwesi and its phylogenetic analyses with other swallowtail butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Mar 17;7(3):510-512. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2051758. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Jiamin Liang¹, Fangzhou Ma², Min Wang¹, Houshuai Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
² Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, Nanjing, China.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Papilio elwesi was sequenced and annotated using high-throughput sequencing in the present study. The mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) is a circular molecule of 15,082 bp in length, containing 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and two ribosomal RNA genes) and a putative control region. We performed mitogenomic phylogenetic analyses of 34 swallowtail species employing methods of Bayesian inference and maximum-likelihood. Our results further confirm that P. elwesi is a member of the subgenus Pterourus in Papilio sensu lato.

Keywords: Papilio elwesi; high-throughput sequencing; mitochondrial genome; systematic position.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Biodiversity Investigation, Observation and Assessment Program of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China [No. 9-3-9-30-7].