The invention discloses a flapping wing structure imitating an insect aircraft. The flapping wing structure comprises an engine body, a plane 8-shaped track generation mechanism, wing rods and a connecting joint, wherein the plane 8-shaped track generation mechanism is formed by combining a crank-slider mechanism and a crank-rocker mechanism, and a sliding pair is formed by a slider (7) in the crank and rocker mechanism and a swinging rail (6) in the crank-rocker mechanism through a guide rod (8); the wing rods comprise an inner wind rod (19) and an outer wing rod (20), and a sliding pair is formed by the inner wing rod (19) and an outer wing rod (20); the inner wing rod (19) is connected with the slider (7) through a universal joint (21), and one end of the universal joint (21) is fixedly connected to the slider (7), while the other end is fixedly connected to the inner wing rod (19); and a sliding pair is formed by the outer wing rod (20) and the connecting joint. By adopting the mechanism, 8-shaped tracks can be drawn out on wing tips, and a 8-shaped axis is not changed relative to the position of the engine body during changing the parameters of a gear, a connecting rod or a mounting initial angle and the like.