The genome sequence of the painted lady, Vanessa cardui Linnaeus 1758

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual female <i>Vanessa cardui</i> (the painted lady; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). The genome sequence is 425 megabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 32 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with the W and Z sex chromosome assembled. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl has identified 12,821 protein coding genes.