A list of threatened butterfly species in China under future global change scenarios

This study utilized 247,248 distribution records of 1,920 butterfly species in China, integrated with future climate and land-use data, and applied ensemble species distribution models to project potential distribution changes from the present to 2070. By quantifying changes in distribution area and applying the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (using the A3c criteria), we systematically evaluated the threat levels to these species.The core of this dataset is an excel file (*.xlsx), which compiles a list of threatened butterfly species in China under four future scenarios (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5). The data for each scenario is stored in a separate worksheet. In addition to the species list, the dataset also includes predicted distribution layers for butterflies in China under current condition and future scenarios, provided as geospatial raster data in GeoTIFF format (*.tif).