''Delias woodi '' is a species of pierine

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Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...

in the

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. The

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is 60–65 mm.

Subspecies

*''Delias woodi woodi'' (Mt. Apo, Mindanao) *''Delias woodi colini'' Schroder, 1977 (Mt. Kitanlad, Mindanao) *''Delias woodi tboli'' Schroder & Treadaway, 1984 (Mt. Parket, Mindanao)

Taxonomy

It may be a form of '' Delias ottonia''.

References

External links

images representing ''Delias woodi''
at Encyclopedia of Life {{Taxonbar, from=Q13561501 woodi Butterflies of Asia Endemic fauna of the Philippines Lepidoptera of the Philippines Fauna of Mindanao Butterflies described in 1928 Taxa named by George Talbot (entomologist)