Abstract—Sahyadri College is one of the biggest colleges in Shivamogga city with an area of 85 acres. The college has a beautiful botanical garden with variety of flowering plants. Butterflies play an immense role in pollination, which helps to increase heterozygosity in flora through kinds of pollen dispersion from one place to another place. They are also good indicators of environmental quality as they are sensitive to changes in the environment. A preliminary survey of butterflies was conducted from June to December 2013. A total of 33 species of butterflies were recorded under five families. Among the five families, Nymphalidae dominated the list with 9 species. Families Papilionidae and Pieridae were represented by eight species each. Hesperiidae and Lycaenidae were represented by four species each. It was found that four species of butterflies were very common, seventeen species of butterflies were common and twelve species of butterflies were rare in occurrence in Sahyadri College Campus of Shivamogga, Karnataka state.