In response, the Ministry of Interior's Council of Agriculture has asked Ch'en Wei-shou to study ways of bringing back the Orchid Island monarch butterfly, has prohibiting its capture, and is investigating how to protect the melon-leaved birthwort.
農業委員會去年已請陳維壽展開珠光黃裳鳳蝶的復育工作，並委請植物學家研究馬兜鈴的培植方法，更禁止捕捉珠光黃裳鳳蝶。