Phylogenetic analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of the Blomfild's Beauty butterfly (Fabricius 1781) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalini).

The Blomfild's Beauty butterfly (Fabricius 1781) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalini) is a sexually dimorphic species found in Mexico, Central, and South America. Males are territorial and are more vibrantly colored than females. Genome skimming by Illumina sequencing allowed the assembly of a complete circular mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of 15,149 bp from consisting of 83.9% AT nucleotides, 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, two rRNAs, and a control region in the typical butterfly gene order. The gene features an atypical start codon (CGA) while , , and display partial stop codons completed by the addition of 3' A residues to the mRNA. Bayesian phylogenetic reconstruction places as a member of the tribe Nymphalini and sister to a clade containing genera , , , and , which differs from its classic taxonomic placement in tribe Coeini.