A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Mimoides euryleon has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceNCBI
The complete instruction manualMimoides euryleon carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈701 885 408 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Mimoides euryleon0.70 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km
≤1 km 1≤10 km 1
2 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor6
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy7% within 1 km
≤1 km 1≤10 km 6>10 km 8
15 georeferenced · 17 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence32
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions2 of 9 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
7
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
7
Cambridge, US
6
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
4
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
3
Auckland, NZ
2
Provincia di Pesaro e Urbinolocation not on record
1
Caja de Compensación Familiar - Comfenalco Antioquialocation not on record
