Abstract The Mukthi vanam Forest Park is located in kalleshwarm village Mahadevpur mandal, Jayashankar Bhupalpally District, Telangana and bordered to the Maharasta.It consist of near Godavari River and rich flora and fauna. A study on the diversity of butterflies was carried out over a period of one year from June 2019 to May 2020.A total of 35 species were identified belonging to 4 families, Nymphalidae was recorded as the most dominant family with (13 species) followed by Pieridae(11 species),Lycaenidae(6 species) and Papailionidae(5) species respectively. Keywords: Butterfly, Diversity, Forest, Species, Mukthi vanam References Bubesh Gupta M, Chalapathi Rao PV, Srinivasa Reddy D, Shekhar Maddala SRSC, Madhu Babu P. (2012): A Preliminary observation of butterflies of Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve, Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India, World Journal of zoology. 7(1):83-89. Beaumont L. J., Hughes L., (2002): Potential changes in the distributions of latitudinally restricted Australian butterfly species in response to climate change.- Global Change Biology, 8: 954-971. Bergman K.O., Ask L., Askling J., Ignell H., Wahlman H. & Milberg P., (2008): Importance of boreal grasslands in Sweden for butterfl y diversity and effects of local and landscape habitat factors. Biodiversity and Conservation, 17: 139–153. CBD (1992):- Convention on biological diversity. Mahendra K, Manish K and Vivek K (2013): “Diversity of Butterflies (Lepidoptera) in Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, India”, Asian Journal of Experimental Biological Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 282-287. Gurrapu, S., & Mamidala, E. (2016). Medicinal plants used by traditional medicine practitioners in the management of HIV/AIDS-related diseases in tribal areas of Adilabad district, Telangana region. The Ame J Sci & Med Res, 2(1), 239-245. Kunte K (1997): “Seasonal pattern in butterfly abundance and species diversityin tropical habitats of Northern Western Ghats” Journal of Biosciences, Vol. 22, pp. 593-602. Kunte KJ (2000): Seasonal Patterns in Butterfly Abundance and Species Diversity in four Tropical Habitats in northernWestern Ghats. J Biosci 1997; 22(5):593-603. Kehimkar I (2008): The Book of Indian Butterflies. Bombay natural History Society and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, Varshney, R.K. (1983): Index Rhopalocera Indica Part II. Common names of Butterflies from India and neighbouring countries. Records of Zoological. Wynther-Blyth, M.A. (1957): Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay, pp: 523.Survey of India, Occassional Paper No. 47, pp. 1 – 49.