Genome Sequencing of Vanessa tameamea Adult Male

The Kamehameha butterfly, Vanessa tameamea, 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Vanessa tameamea，为夏威夷群岛的特有物种。尽管该物种仍分布于卡怀、欧胡、莫洛凯、玛乌伊和夏威夷岛等主要岛屿，但由于栖息地碎片化导致的栖息地丧失，其种群数量正迅速减少。目前，一项圈养繁殖计划已实施，以遏制其被列为联邦濒危物种的趋势。本标本源自欧胡岛瓦亚内地区野外采集的种群，并由夏威夷大学马诺阿分校维持的种群中取样。