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

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
• protein-coding genes
• transfer rna
• ribosomal rna
• phylogenetic position