Abstract:According to The Xishuangbanna Butterfly Investigation, 1996, there are 380 species or/and subspecies. Since early 1990s, butterflies have been utilized in large quantity as a local tourism specialty with nationalistic characteristics. In Xishuangbanna more than 1 500000 butterflies are collected each year. As a result of having been collected for many years, the number of butterflies and butterfly species available is decreasing in some areas, particularly some species with high commercial value.