Genome sequencing of Vanessa tameamea adult female alternate pseudohaplotype

The Kamehameha butterfly, Vanessa tameamea, is an endemic species to the Hawaiian archipelago. Though it can still be found on each of the main Hawaiian islands: Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii island, loss of habitat due fragmentation has led to its rapid decline in population size. Currently, a captive breeding program exists to curb its descent into being listed as a federally listed endangered species. This specimen is from a wild collected population from Waianae on Oahu and was sampled from a colony maintained by the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

卡美哈美哈蝴蝶，学名为 Vanessa tameamea，是夏威夷群岛的特有物种。尽管它仍然存在于每个主要夏威夷岛屿上，包括考艾岛、欧胡岛、莫洛凯岛、马乌伊岛和夏威夷岛，但由于栖息地破碎化导致的栖息地丧失，其种群数量迅速减少。目前，存在一个圈养繁殖计划以遏制其被列为联邦级濒危物种的趋势。本标本来自瓦伊阿内（Waianae）的野外收集种群，并由夏威夷大学马诺阿分校（University of Hawaii at Manoa）维护的种群中采集。