Guanwu Broad-tailed Swallowtail Major Wildlife Habitat

Name	Guanwu Broad-tailed Swallowtail Major Wildlife Habitat
Primary Protected  Features	Forest Ecosystem
Area (Hectares)	23.50
Location	Comapartment 49 of Da-an River Working Circle for National Forest(in Syue-pa National Park)
Central Management  Agency	Ministry of Agriculture
Local Management  ​Agency	Hsinchu Branch, Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency
Date Established	October 19, 2000

Guanwu Broad-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly Major Wildlife Habitat is the first wildlife habitat targeting on preserving insects and focuses on preserving critically endangered protected wildlife. Broad-tailed swallowtail butterfly was first discovered in 1932 at the riverside of Wumaozih in Yilan County and it has an honourable title of "National Butterfly". The stunning features of broad-tailed swallowtail butterfly and the difficulty in capture and collection has contributed to its expensive trading price, which posted ongoing risk of illegal capture and collection. Sassafras randaiense is an endemic rare plant in Taiwan. Although it distributes across broad areas, its lack of tolerance of shade caused its sporadic and isolated existence as it is gradually replaced by other tree species. It is thus valuable and precious that there is a large area of Sassafras randaiense within this habitat. Sassafras randaiense is not only economically valuable but more importantly it is the only hostplant for broad-tailed swallowtail butterfly.