The genome sequence of the Arctic Skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

• Published in: Wellcome Open Research
• Main Authors: Nigel A D Bourn, Roger Vila, Sam Ebdon, Ilik J Saccheri, Konrad Lohse, Alex Mackintosh, Simon Martin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wellcome 2023
• Subjects: Carterocephalus palaemon; Arctic Skipper; genome sequence; chromosomal; Lepidoptera; eng; Medicine; R; Science; Q; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19573.1; https://doaj.org/article/00ab719276644dffa4a4e5bb38a07692

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Carterocephalus palaemon (the Arctic Skipper; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Hesperiidae). The genome sequence is 394.5 megabases in span. The whole assembly is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 15.78 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 17,032 protein coding genes.