"It's said they used to catch over 10,000 monarchs every year back then, on an island just 46 square kilometers large," says Ts'ai Pai-chun, a nature photographer who goes to Orchid Island for pictures. He finds it hard to imagine what it must have been like back in the days when they flourished.
「據說，當時在面積不到四十六平方公里的蘭嶼，每年可捕獲上萬隻珠光黃裳鳳蝶」，蝴蝶生態攝影家蔡百峻如今前往蘭嶼拍照，已難想像當日盛況。