A mitogenomic phylogeny of satyrid butterflies and complete mitochondrial genome of Oeneis urda (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)

• Published in: Mitochondrial DNA Part B
• Main Authors: Yan Zhou, Zhuoying Liang, Shaoquan Wang, Huahan Zhong, Ning Wang, Bin Liang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020
• Subjects: mitochondrial genome; mitogenomic phylogeny; oeneis urda; satyrinae; Genetics; QH426-470; Arctic; Urda; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2020.1735272; https://doaj.org/article/d809ee1a25594b6588bd4c21efe8e7af

Oeneis urda (Eversmann, 1847) is a butterfly of the Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and a member of the Arctics, which are distributed in the arctic, subarctic, or high-altitude alpine regions. Here, we present the complete mitochondrial genome of O. urda assembled from next-generation sequencing data. The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of O. urda is a circular molecule of 15,248 bp and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and one control region. Phylogenetic analysis using whole mitogenomic data of 23 satyrid butterflies strongly supports that the genus Oeneis has a close relationship with Davidina.