Taiwan has probably close to 10,000 species of Lepidoptera, many of which have not even been described. The relatively small number of butterflies among them--around 400 species--are considered aesthetically pleasing, so a fair amount of research has been done on them. But with moths it is a different story: only those which are economically significant "pests" are likely to be studied.
台灣鱗翅目昆蟲將近一萬種，族繁不及備載，除了四百種蝴蝶，因為種類少、常被作為觀賞對象，研究也較多；至於蛾類，只有影響經濟收益的「害蟲」，才有機會成為被研究的對象。