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ArticleG3 (Bethesda, Md.)2026

Long-read, high-coverage reference genome of the nymphalid butterfly Catonephele acontius (Nymphalidae: Biblidinae).

Marcus Hicks, Tan Nhat Pham, Océane Seudre, Zunilda Escalante-Arteaga, Lucy S Knowles, Geoffrey Gallice, Vicencio Oostra

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Marcus HicksSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, Greater London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.ORCID 0009-0003-1447-4338
Tan Nhat PhamDepartment of Systematic Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Greater Poland 61-712, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7093-9211
Océane SeudreSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, Greater London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.
Zunilda Escalante-ArteagaAlianza Para una Amazonía Sostenible Perú, Las Piedras, Madre de Dios 17100, Perú.
Lucy S KnowlesNERC Environmental Omics Facility, NEOF Visitor Facility, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Alfred Denny Building, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom.
Geoffrey GalliceDepartamento de Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima 15088, Perú.
Vicencio OostraSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, Greater London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1273-1906

Funding

Genetics SocietyPoland NCN2021/43/B/NZ8/00966QMUL and NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) NEOF1704QMUL PhD scholarshipUKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to VO MR/V024744/2Wild Green Future
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Abstract

Catonephele acontius (Nymphalidae:Biblidinae:Epicalinii) is a butterfly species with a wide distribution across the Neotropics including the Amazon. Here, we present a long-read high-coverage reference genome for this species to serve as a genomic resource for future studies on Biblidinae butterflies, a group that is the subject of ongoing studies of seasonal adaptation under climate change. We used PacBio HiFi and IsoSeq reads to generate a highly contiguous and well-annotated reference genome. Five libraries were constructed, 4 using RNA from different tissues and 1 using high molecular weight (HMW) DNA from a wild-caught female. The DNA was sequenced using PacBio HiFi technology, and the RNA was sequenced using long read PacBio IsoSeq technology. About 20 Gb of raw HiFi data were generated and assembled to an initial size of 520.7 Mb (39 × homozygous coverage) in 90 contigs. The assembly was then polished and decontaminated into 40 contigs with an N50 of 19.927 Mb (BUSCO completeness: 99.0%; duplication: 0.5%; fragmentation: 0.7%; and missing: 0.3%). Final assembly size was 519.2 Mb. Repeats were annotated, showing that the genome consisted of 40.4% transposable elements. IsoSeq transcriptome data from antennae, leg, ovary, and digestive tissue was then used to structurally and functionally annotate gene models for the softmasked genome, uncovering ∼18,500 genes, with 70% of them given functional annotation. This reference assembly joins many published genomes in the Nymphalidae family but represents one of the first high-quality genomes from the Biblidinae subfamily. It provides a valuable resource to study the evolution of plastic and seasonal traits and will help investigate the genetic processes that may influence these species' responses to rapid climate change.

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ButterfliesGenome, InsectGenomicsAnimalsFemaleMolecular Sequence AnnotationAmazoníaclimatecomparative genomicsde novo genomediapausegenome assemblyLepidopteraneotropicsPacBio

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PMID42391505
PMCPMC13535366

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