The complete mitochondrial genome of Hebomoia glaucippe (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

The mitochondrial genome of Hebomoia glaucippe (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) is a circular molecule of 15,701 bp in length, containing 37 typical mitochondrial genes and an AT-rich region. Its gene arrangement pattern is identical with those of other butterfly species. All protein-coding genes start with ATN start codon except for the cox1 gene, which uses CGA as the initiation codon. A total of 109 bp intergenic spacers and a total of 38 bp overlapping sequences are interspersed throughout the whole genome. The 899-bp long AT-rich region is the second longest among the completely sequenced lepidopteran insects, and contains the motif ATAGA followed by an 19-bp poly-T stretch, two microsatellite-like (AT)(10) elements, a duplicated 271-bp repeat element, and two extra tRNA(Leu)(UUR)-like genes.