Abstract
We present a genome assembly from an individual male Aglais io (also known as Inachis io and Nymphalis io) (the European peacock; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). The genome sequence is 384 megabases in span. The majority (99.91%) of the assembly is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with the Z sex chromosome assembled. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl has identified 11,420 protein coding genes.
Highlights
The European peacock (Aglais io, synonyms include Inachis io and Nymphalis io) is a palearctic butterfly species
A. io is recognised by the large and colourful eyespots on its wings, which act as a defence against avian predators (Blest, 1957; Vallin et al, 2005)
It has recently been introduced to Canada. It overwinters as an adult and it is generally considered as univoltine in the British Isles, in the south it may display a partial second generation
Summary
The European peacock (Aglais io, synonyms include Inachis io and Nymphalis io) is a palearctic butterfly species. Primary assembly contigs were scaffolded with chromosome conformation Hi-C data. The final assembly has a total length of 384 Mb in 42 sequence scaffolds with a scaffold N50 of 13 Mb (Table 1).
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