Genome Sequencing of Vanessa tameamea Adult Male Principal Pseudohaplotype

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.

卡米哈米哈凤蝶（Vanessa tameamea）为夏威夷群岛特有物种。尽管目前仍可在夏威夷主要群岛——考艾岛、瓦胡岛、莫洛凯岛、毛伊岛及夏威夷岛——发现该物种，但栖息地碎片化引发的生境丧失已导致其种群数量快速下降。当前已设立人工繁育项目，以遏制其被纳入联邦濒危物种名录的趋势。本标本采自瓦胡岛怀亚奈地区的野生种群，其繁育种群由夏威夷大学马诺阿分校（University of Hawaii at Manoa）维护。