The genome sequence of the Dusky Meadow Brown, <i>Cercyonis lycaon</i> (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of <i>Cercyonis lycaon</i> (Dusky Meadow Brown; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 601.00 megabases and 548.79 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (94.99%) is scaffolded into 30 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 15.2 kilobases.