Complete mitochondrial genome of the Woodland Brown, Scopoli, 1763 (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) and its phylogenetic analysis.

In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the Woodland Brown, Scopoli, 1763 (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) was determined to be 15,284 bp in size, including 37 typical mitochondrial genes and a control region. The gene content and arrangement of the mitogenome are identical to that of the majority of other sequenced nymphalids. All protein-coding genes (PCGs) are started with the conventional ATN codons, except for gene which is initiated by atypical CGA(R) codon. Nine PCGs use a typical stop codon of TAA, whereas the remaining PCGs (, , , ) end with an incomplete T. The length of and are 1333 and 755 bp, respectively, separated by . The phylogenetic tree inferred with Bayesian inference method reveals the phylogenetic relationships among the four tribes of Satyrinae analyzed as ((Satyrini + Melanitini) + (Elymniini + Amathusiini)). The newly sequenced species was clustered together with other two species of Parargina and formed a sister group with two species of the genus within Satyrini.