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Paula Escuer1, Kay Lucek1, Charlotte J Wright2
1University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Wellcome Open Research
|October 27, 2025
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from a male specimen of Agriades orbitulus (Alpine Blue; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 520.38 megabases and 521.74 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.85%) is scaffolded into 23 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 15.4 kilobases.
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