Preliminary study was carried out in three different habitat types, Deodar Forest (DF), Mixed forest (MF) and agricultural fields (AF) of Manali town, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh in September and October 2020. A total of 32 species belonging to 4 families and 26 genera were recorded. Species composition was found higher in Agricultural fields (mean 5.47 ± 6.96 SD) followed by Mixed forest type (mean 4.72 ± 8.38) and lowest in Deodar forest type (mean 4.19 ± 11.54). Species diversity of family Nymphalidae and Pieridae were found dominant whereas, abundance of family Lycaenidae was the highest in the study regions. Among all surveyed habitat types, Cluster analysis revealed that highest diversity and abundance of butterflies was supported by Agricultural fields or we can say human dominated landscape which represented the most suitable habitat for butterflies in terms of conservation.