Abstract:From April to November in 2019,the diversity of butterfly community structure in 21 line transects of four districts in Guangzhou was investigated by using the line transect method,and the characteristics of butterfly community in different months were analyzed.A total of 106 individuals of 31 butterfly species were observed belonging to 27 genera and 7 families. The dominant species were Pseudozizeeria maha and Pieris canidia.Pieridae had the largest number of species,while Lycaenidae followed.Nymphalidae had the largest number of genera,followed by Pieridae and Lycaenidae,and Riodinidae was the least.Shannon-Wiener diversity of individuals,species richness and genera richness of Nymphalidae were the highest,which were 2.52,1.99 and 1.99 respectively,but Berger-Parker index of Nymphalidae was least (0.25).The dominant groups and common groups were different in different months.The diversity index of butterfly in July was significantly higher than that in April and November,but the dominance index in July was the lowest.Butterfly diversity can provide data reference for improving the quality of urban greenway.