Abstract
In the present paper, we are going to describe two new geographical races of butterflies from Mindanao, the Philippines, collected by our exploration of Mt. Malindang made in August of 1979. One of them belongs to Appias phoebe of Pieridae, and the other to Parantica dannatti of Danaidae. Appias phoebe has hitherto been known from the three islands, Luzon, Mindoro and Negros, and is differentiated into three geographical races, phoebe FELDER, zamorra FELDER and montana ROTHSCHILD, respectively. A form of this species is found for the first time from Mindanao. On the other hand, Parantica dannatti has been known so far only from the high mountains of Mindanao. Two geographical races have been recognized in the two subspecies: dannatti TALBOT (from Mt. Apo, southern Mindanao) and divataensis TAKEI et YAMAMOTO (from Mt. Hilonghilong, northeastern Mindanao). The present new subspecies inhabits Mt. Malindang in the northwestern part of the island. It is of much interest that three geographical races differing in markings and/or color pattern occur on three different mountains geographically isolated.
