The mitochondrial genome of the butterfly Polyura schreiber (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016 Sep;27(5):3691-2. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1079858. Epub 2015 Sep 2.

Abstract

The nearly complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the butterfly, Polyura schreiber, was determined. The sequenced mitogenome is a typical circular DNA molecule of 15 320 bp, containing 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, 21 tRNA genes, and a putative control region. tRNA(Phe) was failed to sequence, which was presumed to be located between tRNA(Glu) and ND5. Protein-coding genes all initiate with ATN codons and terminate with TAA codons except for COII and ND5 use a single T residue as the termination codon. All tRNAs have the clover-leaf structure except for the tRNA(Ser(AGN)) and the length of them range from 65 to 71 bp. The control region is 412 bp long with an A + T content of 90.5%. Our phylogenetic analysis recovered the sister-group relationship between Charaxinae and Satyrinae.

Keywords: Charaxinae; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae; mitochondrial genome.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • AT Rich Sequence
  • Animals
  • Butterflies / classification
  • Butterflies / genetics*
  • Codon / genetics
  • Genome, Insect*
  • Genome, Mitochondrial*
  • Molecular Sequence Annotation
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • RNA, Transfer / chemistry
  • RNA, Transfer / genetics
  • Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid

Substances

  • Codon
  • RNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Transfer