We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Leptotes pirithous (Common Zebra Blue; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 261.51 megabases and 218.34 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.83%) is scaffolded into 25 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W, Z 1 , and Z 2 sex chromosomes. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.41 kilobases. This work is part of Project Psyche, a collaborative programme generating genomes for European butterflies and moths.
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