Illumina short-read sequencing data, assembly and annotations of the genome.

The () is a member of subgroup of species group of widely distributed across South-East Asia and central to Southern Africa. It displays morphological similarities with other members of the subgroup with which it has a recent divergence history. The genomic DNA of Coorg strain was paired-end sequenced using Illumina HiSeq 2500 technology to obtain a draft genome assembly of 145.64 Mb. The generated assembly retrieved 93.6% of the conserved dipteran BUSCO orthologs. Approximately 85% of the predicted proteins exhibit sequence similarity to the proteins of which is the closest annotated species. This draft genome sequence is a valuable resource to geneticists and evolutionary biologists to understand molecular organisation of the genome and its evolution during early stages of speciation.