Complete mitochondrial genome of the little-known regional endemic Aporia hastata (Oberthür, 1892) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Ya-Qi Jia; Xin Zhang; Shao-Ji Hu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2213353

Complete mitochondrial genome of the little-known regional endemic Aporia hastata (Oberthür, 1892) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 May 18;8(5):589-592. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2213353. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Ya-Qi Jia^{1

2}, Xin Zhang³, Shao-Ji Hu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
² Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
³ Kunming Youning Biotech Co., Ltd, Kunming, China.

Abstract

The present study reports the mitochondrial genome of A. hastata (Oberthür, 1892), a little-known Aporia species endemic to the southern margin of the Hengduan Mountains in Yunnan Province. This genome is circular, 15,148 bp in length, and consists of 13 PCGs, 22 tRNAs, and two rRNAs. The Bayesian phylogenetic tree clusters A. hastata with other Aporia taxa inside tribe Pierini Duponchel, [1835]. The findings of this study add valuable new information to the genus Aporia and are beneficial to a better understanding of phylogeography of these butterflies.

Keywords: Mitogenome; phylogenetic position; protein-coding genes; ribosomal RNA; transfer RNA.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Biodiversity Conservation Programme of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China (China-BON Butterflies) under [SDZXWJZ01013].