There are three different categories of butterfly valleys: transitory resting places along migratory paths; wintering grounds, such as the ones migratory birds have; and the permanent ecosystem of Yellow Butterfly Valley.
蝴蝶谷的形成有三種類型：有純過路的蝶道型，像候鳥來過冬的越冬型，及黃蝶翠谷的生態系型。