The genome sequence of Cynthia’s Fritillary, Euphydryas cynthia (Dennis & Schiffermüller), 1775 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Andreas Sanchez, Yannick Chittaro, Camille Cornet, Kay Lucek, Charlotte J. Wright, Joana I. Meier, Mark L. Blaxter, Somjit Homchan, Fedor Čiampor, Kristina Gagalova, Yang Mei

TL;DR
This paper presents the genome sequence of Cynthia’s Fritillary butterfly, including detailed assemblies of its chromosomes and mitochondrial DNA.
Contribution
The study provides a high-quality genome assembly with haplotype-specific scaffolding and mitochondrial genome for Euphydryas cynthia.
Findings
The genome assembly includes two haplotypes with lengths of 605.62 and 552.24 megabases.
Haplotype 1 is scaffolded into 32 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including W and Z sex chromosomes.
The mitochondrial genome is assembled with a length of 15.32 kilobases.
Abstract
We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Euphydryas cynthia (Cynthia’s Fritillary; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 605.62 megabases and 552.24 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.7%) is scaffolded into 32 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.32 kilobases.
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Taxonomy
TopicsLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy · Genetic diversity and population structure · Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
