The invention discloses a pneumatic holder type butterfly valve which comprises a valve body, wherein the bottom of the inner wall of the valve body is rotatably connected to a lower valve shaft; thetop of the lower valve shaft is connected to an upper valve shaft through a connecting pin. A twisting sleeve twists to drive a rotary rod to rotate, so that the upper valve shaft and the lower valveshaft are driven to rotate, and thus, a valve plate is driven to rotate until linear motion is converted into rotational motion, and opening and closing of the butterfly valve are accomplished; and meanwhile, the volume of a gas cylinder is small, number of pistons is small, friction resistance is small, torque is small, parts are fewer, and opening-closing is flexible; after a numerical-control machine tool appears, the pneumatic holder type butterfly valve has the advantages of being low in production cost, compact in structure, attractive in appearance, and the like; besides, a pressure alarm mechanism can be arranged for detecting pressure inside a pipeline and the valve body; after the pressure reaches a pre-warning value, warning prompt is emitted, so that the pipeline and the valvebody are prevented from being damaged, and thus, actual use is facilitated.