We present a genome assembly from a female Agriades optilete (Cranberry Blue; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 680.72 megabases and 611.85 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.65%) is scaffolded into 25 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.28 kilobases. This work is part of Project Psyche, a collaborative programme generating genomes for European butterflies and moths.
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