Butterfly species are known to be good indicators of the ecological
environment. For example, it is possible to predict changes
in plant populations from knowledge of butterfly populations [1].
Within the Changbai Mountain region, changes to both plant
community and butterfly taxa and abundance are evident with
increases in altitude. From the 1980s, Chinese scholars have been
investigating the taxonomy of butterflies within the Changbai
Mountain region [2–10]. However, the number of butterfly