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The genome sequence of the Pearly Heath, Coenonympha arcania Linnaeus, 1761 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Roger Vila1, Sabina Vila1, Paul Doniol-Valcroze2
1Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Univ. Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Coenonympha arcania (Pearly Heath; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 480.99 megabases and 458.33 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.95%) is scaffolded into 29 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.28 kilobases.

