A mitogenomic phylogeny of pierid butterflies and complete mitochondrial genome of the yellow tip Anthocharis scolymus (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Yan Zhou; Can Zhang; Shaoquan Wang; Yanlin Liu; Ning Wang; Bin Liang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1781578

A mitogenomic phylogeny of pierid butterflies and complete mitochondrial genome of the yellow tip Anthocharis scolymus (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jun 24;5(3):2587-2589. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1781578.

Authors

Yan Zhou¹, Can Zhang², Shaoquan Wang¹, Yanlin Liu³, Ning Wang⁴, Bin Liang⁵

Affiliations

¹ Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China/College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
² Department of Eco-Engineering, Guangdong Eco-Engineering Polytechnic, Guangzhou, China.
³ Chinese Felid Conservation Alliance (CFCA), Beijing, China.
⁴ Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA.
⁵ Hainan Academy of Forestry, Haikou, China.

Abstract

The yellow tip butterfly Anthocharis scolymus (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) has a circular mitochondrial genome of 15,230 bp in size. It consists 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, two ribosomal RNA genes, and an AT-rich control region. Using whole mitogenome alignments, we reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships of 28 pierid butterflies. The maximum-likelihood (ML) tree topology was consistent with previous studies.

Keywords: Anthocharis scolymus; Mitochondrial genome; Mitogenomic phylogeny; Pieridae.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by Social Development Research Program of Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Department [No. BE2019773], Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD) and Hainan Key Research and Development Program [No. ZDYF2018143 to B.L.].