The mitogenome of Parnassius mercurius Grum-Grshimailo is determined to be 15,372 bp in length, including 37 typical insect mitochondrial genes and an AT-rich region. All PCGs start with ATN, except for COI with CGA; 12 of 13 PCGs harbour the common stop codon TAA or TAG, whereas COII end with a single T. The lrRNA and srRNA genes are 1344 bp and 775 bp in length, respectively. The AT-rich region contains several features characteristic of the lepidopterans. Phylogenetic analysis shows that P. mercurius is the closest relative of P. epaphus and P. nomion lineage, rather than the P. jacquemontii.
Keywords: Mitochondrial genome; Papilionidae; Parnassiinae; Parnassius mercurius; phylogeny.
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