1. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Indian leafwing butterfly Kallima paralekta (insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
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Aguila CP, Aikens RM, Ateliey PK, Buhr HM, Castro MG, Chua RJ, Dayal N, Deane HN, Dennehy B, Esenbekova M, Fay JL, Gair C, Gordon BR, Huh S, Ishrar F, Jonson EB, Kaur CF, Kokolo C, Lanyon K, Laudato D, Le TQ, Lowry M, Marrakchi I, Marte R, McIntyre CS, McNicholl JC, Nowlin GB, Pfeifer C, Posillipo LJ, Ricci S, Robertson SM, Roziere J, Sharma P, Shevkoplyas D, Stokes HJ, Twilley RE, Wang C, Watt JK, Wilkinson AG, Williams JM, Wood MD, Yang H, and Marcus JM
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The Indian leafwing butterfly Kallima paralekta (Horsfield, 1829) (Nymphalidae) is an Asian forest-dwelling, leaf-mimic. Genome skimming by Illumina sequencing permitted assembly of a complete circular mitogenome of 15,200 bp from K. paralekta consisting of 79.5% AT nucleotides, 22 tRNAs, 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNAs and a control region in the typical butterfly gene order. Kallima paralekta COX1 features an atypical CGA start codon, while ATP6, COX1, COX2 , ND4 , ND4L, and ND5 exhibit incomplete stop codons completed by 3' A residues added to the mRNA. Phylogenetic reconstruction places K. paraleckta within the monophyletic genus Kallima , sister to Mallika in the subfamily Nymphalinae. These data support the monophyly of tribe Kallimini and contribute to the evolutionary systematics of the Nymphalidae., Competing Interests: No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s)., (© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.)
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- 2021
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