Genome Sequencing of Vanessa tameamea Adult Female

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，为夏威夷群岛的特有物种。尽管该物种仍分布在其主要岛屿上，包括考艾岛、欧胡岛、莫洛凯岛、玛乌伊岛和夏威夷岛，但由于栖息地因破碎化而丧失，其种群数量急剧减少。目前，存在一个圈养繁殖项目，旨在遏制其种群数量下降至联邦濒危物种名录。本样本源自欧胡岛怀亚内地区野外采集的种群，并采集自由夏威夷大学曼oa分校维护的种群。