Abstract
Paranticopsis xenocles Doubleday belongs to the Paranticopsis of Papilionidae and is mainly distributed in China mainland. Herein, we report the complete mitogenome of P. xenocles reconstructing from Illumina sequence data. The mitogenome is 15,187 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and 2 ribosomal RNA genes. The phylogenetic analysis indicated that P. xenocles were clustered within Paranticopsis. This study would provide useful genetic information for future studies on taxonomy, phylogeny, and evolution of Papilionidae species.
Highlights
Paranticopsis xenocles Doubleday belongs to the Paranticopsis of Papilionidae and is mainly distributed in China mainland
There are 20 species of the genus Paranticopsis recorded in the world, most of which are distributed in the Oriental region, and four species distributes in China (Wu 2001)
No study had been published on the complete mitogenome sequence of P. xenocles
Summary
Paranticopsis xenocles Doubleday belongs to the Paranticopsis of Papilionidae and is mainly distributed in China mainland. KEYWORDS Paranticopsis xenocles; papilionidae; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic relationship Molecular markers (COI, COII, ND5, Cytb, and 16S rDNA) are widely used in the molecular phylogenetic studies of butterflies (Qin 2017). Due to the different mutation rates of different mtDNA gene sequences, different genes are suitable for analyzing the phylogenetic relationships of different taxonomic levels (Yuan and Yuan 2013).
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