List of butterflies of South Africa

Subfamily Danainae

Amauris albimaculata

Amauris echeria

Amauris niavius

Amauris ochlea

Danaus chrysippus

Tirumala petiverana

Subfamily Satyrinae

Aeropetes tulbaghia

Bicyclus anynana

Bicyclus ena

Bicyclus safitza

Cassionympha camdeboo

Cassionympha cassius

Cassionympha detecta

Coenyra aurantiaca

Coenyra hebe

Coenyra rufiplaga

Coenyropsis natalii

Dingana alaedeus

Dingana alticola

Dingana angusta

Dingana bowkeri

Dingana clara

Dingana clarki

Dingana dingana

Dingana fraterna

Dingana jerinae

Dingana kammanassiensis

Dira clytus

Dira jansei

Dira oxylus

Dira swanepoeli

Gnophodes betsimena

Heteropsis perspicua

Melampias huebneri

Melanitis leda

Neita durbani

Neita extensa

Neita lotenia

Neita neita

Paralethe dendrophilus

Physcaeneura panda

Pseudonympha gaika

Pseudonympha hippia

Pseudonympha loxophthalma

Pseudonympha machacha

Pseudonympha magoides

Pseudonympha magus

Pseudonympha narycia

Pseudonympha paludis

Pseudonympha paragaika

Pseudonympha penningtoni

Pseudonympha poetula

Pseudonympha southeyi

Pseudonympha swanepoeli

Pseudonympha trimenii

Pseudonympha varii

Stygionympha curlei

Stygionympha dicksoni

Stygionympha geraldi

Stygionympha irrorata

Stygionympha robertsoni

Stygionympha scotina

Stygionympha vansoni

Stygionympha vigilans

Stygionympha wichgrafi

Tarsocera cassina

Tarsocera cassus

Tarsocera dicksoni

Tarsocera fulvina

Tarsocera imitator

Tarsocera namaquensis

Tarsocera southeyae

Torynesis hawequas

Torynesis magna

Torynesis mintha

Torynesis orangica

Torynesis pringlei

Ypthima antennata

Ypthima asterope

Ypthima condamini

Ypthima granulosa

Ypthima impura

Subfamily Heliconiinae

Acraea acara

Acraea acrita

Acraea aglaonice

Acraea anemosa

Acraea axina

Acraea barberi

Acraea boopis

Acraea caldarena

Acraea horta

Acraea lygus

Acraea machequena

Acraea natalica

Acraea neobule

Acraea nohara

Acraea oncaea

Acraea petraea

Acraea rabbaiae

Acraea satis

Acraea stenobea

Acraea trimeni

Acraea violarum

Bematistes aganice

Hyalites cerasa

Hyalites eponina

Hyalites obeira

Lachnoptera ayresii

Pardopsis punctatissima

Phalanta eurytis

Phalanta phalantha

Telchinia alalonga

Telchinia anacreon

Telchinia cabira

Telchinia encedon

Telchinia esebria

Telchinia igola

Telchinia induna

Telchinia rahira

Telchinia serena

Subfamily Charaxinae

Charaxes achaemenes

Charaxes bohemani

Charaxes brutus

Charaxes candiope

Charaxes castor

Charaxes cithaeron

Charaxes druceanus

Charaxes etesipe

Charaxes ethalion

Charaxes guderiana

Charaxes jahlusa

Charaxes jasius

Charaxes karkloof

Charaxes marieps

Charaxes pelias

Charaxes phaeus

Charaxes pondoensis

Charaxes protoclea

Charaxes vansoni

Charaxes varanes

Charaxes violetta

Charaxes xiphares

Charaxes zoolina

Euxanthe wakefieldi

Subfamily Limenitidinae

Cymothoe alcimeda

Cymothoe coranus

Euphaedra neophron

Euryphura achlys

Hamanumida daedalus

Neptis goochi

Neptis jordani

Neptis kiriakoffi

Neptis laeta

Neptis saclava

Neptis trigonophora

Pseudacraea boisduvali

Pseudacraea eurytus

Pseudacraea lucretia

Subfamily Cyrestinae

Cyrestis camillus

Subfamily Biblidinae

Byblia anvatara

Byblia ilithyia

Eurytela dryope

Eurytela hiarbas

Sevenia boisduvali

Sevenia morantii

Sevenia natalensis

Sevenia rosa

Subfamily Nymphalinae

Antanartia dimorphica

Antanartia hippomene

Antanartia schaeneia

Catacroptera cloanthe

Hypolimnas anthedon

Hypolimnas deceptor

Hypolimnas misippus

Junonia hierta

Junonia natalica

Junonia oenone

Junonia orithya

Junonia terea

Junonia tugela

Precis antilope

Precis archesia

Precis ceryne

Precis octavia

Protogoniomorpha parhassus

Salamis anacardii

Vanessa cardui

Subfamily Libytheinae

Libythea labdaca

Subfamily Coeliadinae

Coeliades anchises

Coeliades forestan

Coeliades keithloa

Coeliades libeon

Coeliades lorenzo

Coeliades pisistratus

Subfamily Pyrginae

Abantis bicolor

Abantis paradisea

Abantis tettensis

Abantis venosa

Alenia namaqua

Alenia sandaster

Astictopterus inornatus

Calleagris kobela

Calleagris krooni

Caprona pillaana

Celaenorrhinus mokeezi

Eagris nottoana

Eretis djaelaelae

Eretis umbra

Gomalia elma

Leucochitonea levubu

Metisella aegipan

Metisella malgacha

Metisella meninx

Metisella metis

Metisella syrinx

Metisella willemi

Netrobalane canopus

Sarangesa motozi

Sarangesa phidyle

Sarangesa ruona

Sarangesa seineri

Spialia agylla

Spialia asterodia

Spialia colotes

Spialia confusa

Spialia delagoae

Spialia depauperata

Spialia diomus

Spialia dromus

Spialia mafa

Spialia nanus

Spialia paula

Spialia sataspes

Spialia secessus

Spialia spio

Tagiades flesus

Tsitana dicksoni

Tsitana tsita

Tsitana tulbagha

Tsitana uitenhaga

Subfamily Hesperiinae

Acada biseriata

Acleros mackenii

Andronymus caesar

Andronymus neander

Artitropa erinnys

Borbo borbonica

Borbo detecta

Borbo fallax

Borbo fatuellus

Borbo ferruginea

Borbo gemella

Borbo holtzii

Borbo lugens

Borbo micans

Fresna nyassae

Gegenes hottentota

Gegenes niso

Gegenes pumilio

Kedestes barberae

Kedestes callicles

Kedestes chaca

Kedestes lenis

Kedestes lepenula

Kedestes macomo

Kedestes mohozutza

Kedestes nerva

Kedestes niveostriga

Kedestes sarahae

Kedestes wallengrenii

Moltena fiara

Parnara monasi

Parosmodes morantii

Pelopidas mathias

Pelopidas thrax

Platylesches ayresii

Platylesches dolomitica

Platylesches galesa

Platylesches moritili

Platylesches neba

Platylesches picanini

Platylesches robustus

Platylesches tina

Zenonia zeno

Zophopetes dysmephila

Subfamily Poritiinae

Alaena amazoula

Alaena margaritacea

Baliochila aslanga

Baliochila lipara

Cnodontes penningtoni

Deloneura immaculata

Deloneura millari

Durbania amakosa

Durbania limbata

Durbaniella clarki

Durbaniopsis saga

Ornipholidotos peucetia

Pentila tropicalis

Teriomima zuluana

Subfamily Miletinae

Aslauga australis

Lachnocnema bibulus

Lachnocnema durbani

Lachnocnema laches

Lachnocnema regularis

Thestor barbatus

Thestor basutus

Thestor brachycerus

Thestor braunsi

Thestor calviniae

Thestor camdeboo

Thestor claassensi

Thestor compassbergae

Thestor dicksoni

Thestor dryburghi

Thestor holmesi

Thestor kaplani

Thestor montanus

Thestor murrayi

Thestor overbergensis

Thestor penningtoni

Thestor petra

Thestor pictus

Thestor pringlei

Thestor protumnus

Thestor rileyi

Thestor rooibergensis

Thestor rossouwi

Thestor stepheni

Thestor strutti

Thestor vansoni

Thestor yildizae

Subfamily Lycaeninae

Actizera lucida

Actizera stellata

Aloeides almeida

Aloeides apicalis

Aloeides aranda

Aloeides arida

Aloeides bamptoni

Aloeides barbarae

Aloeides barklyi

Aloeides braueri

Aloeides caffrariae

Aloeides caledoni

Aloeides carolynnae

Aloeides clarki

Aloeides damarensis

Aloeides dentatis

Aloeides depicta

Aloeides dicksoni

Aloeides dryas

Aloeides egerides

Aloeides gowani

Aloeides henningi

Aloeides juana

Aloeides kaplani

Aloeides lutescens

Aloeides macmasteri

Aloeides maluti

Aloeides margaretae

Aloeides mbuluensis

Aloeides merces

Aloeides molomo

Aloeides monticola

Aloeides nollothi

Aloeides nubilus

Aloeides oreas

Aloeides pallida

Aloeides penningtoni

Aloeides pierus

Aloeides pringlei

Aloeides quickelbergei

Aloeides rileyi

Aloeides rossouwi

Aloeides simplex

Aloeides stevensoni

Aloeides susanae

Aloeides swanepoeli

Aloeides taikosama

Aloeides thyra

Aloeides titei

Aloeides trimeni

Aloeides vansoni

Anthene amarah

Anthene butleri

Anthene contrastata

Anthene crawshayi

Anthene definita

Anthene juanitae

Anthene kersteni

Anthene lemnos

Anthene lindae

Anthene liodes

Anthene millari

Anthene minima

Anthene otacilia

Anthene princeps

Anthene talboti

Aphnaeus hutchinsonii

Argyraspodes argyraspis

Axiocerses amanga

Axiocerses coalescens

Axiocerses croesus

Axiocerses tjoane

Azanus jesous

Azanus mirza

Azanus moriqua

Azanus natalensis

Azanus ubaldus

Brephidium metophis

Cacyreus dicksoni

Cacyreus lingeus

Cacyreus marshalli

Cacyreus tespis

Cacyreus virilis

Capys alphaeus

Capys disjunctus

Capys penningtoni

Chilades trochylus

Chloroselas mazoensis

Chloroselas pseudozeritis

Chrysoritis adonis

Chrysoritis aethon

Chrysoritis aridus

Chrysoritis aureus

Chrysoritis azurius

Chrysoritis beaufortius

Chrysoritis beulah

Chrysoritis blencathrae

Chrysoritis braueri

Chrysoritis brooksi

Chrysoritis chrysantas

Chrysoritis chrysaor

Chrysoritis daphne

Chrysoritis dicksoni

Chrysoritis endymion

Chrysoritis felthami

Chrysoritis irene

Chrysoritis lycegenes

Chrysoritis lyncurium

Chrysoritis midas

Chrysoritis natalensis

Chrysoritis nigricans

Chrysoritis oreas

Chrysoritis orientalis

Chrysoritis palmus

Chrysoritis pan

Chrysoritis pelion

Chrysoritis penningtoni

Chrysoritis perseus

Chrysoritis phosphor

Chrysoritis plutus

Chrysoritis pyramus

Chrysoritis pyroeis

Chrysoritis rileyi

Chrysoritis swanepoeli

Chrysoritis thysbe

Chrysoritis trimeni

Chrysoritis turneri

Chrysoritis uranus

Chrysoritis violescens

Chrysoritis zeuxo

Chrysoritis zonarius

Cigaritis ella

Cigaritis mozambica

Cigaritis namaquus

Cigaritis natalensis

Cigaritis phanes

Crudaria capensis

Crudaria leroma

Crudaria wykehami

Cupidopsis cissus

Cupidopsis jobates

Deudorix antalus

Deudorix dariaves

Deudorix dinochares

Deudorix dinomenes

Deudorix diocles

Deudorix penningtoni

Deudorix vansoni

Eicochrysops hippocrates

Eicochrysops messapus

(Erikssonia acraeina)

Erikssonia edgei

Euchrysops barkeri

Euchrysops dolorosa

Euchrysops malathana

Euchrysops osiris

Euchrysops subpallida

Harpendyreus noquasa

Harpendyreus notoba

Harpendyreus tsomo

Hypolycaena buxtoni

Hypolycaena caeculus

Hypolycaena lochmophila

Hypolycaena philippus

Iolaus aemulus

Iolaus alienus

Iolaus aphnaeoides

Iolaus bowkeri

Iolaus diametra

Iolaus lulua

Iolaus mimosae

Iolaus nasisii

Iolaus pallene

Iolaus sidus

Iolaus silarus

Iolaus silas

Iolaus subinfuscata

Iolaus trimeni

Lampides boeticus

Lepidochrysops asteris

Lepidochrysops australis

Lepidochrysops bacchus

Lepidochrysops badhami

Lepidochrysops balli

Lepidochrysops braueri

Lepidochrysops dukei

Lepidochrysops glauca

Lepidochrysops grahami

Lepidochrysops gydoae

Lepidochrysops ignota

Lepidochrysops irvingi

Lepidochrysops jamesi

Lepidochrysops jefferyi

Lepidochrysops ketsi

Lepidochrysops lerothodi

Lepidochrysops letsea

Lepidochrysops littoralis

Lepidochrysops loewensteini

Lepidochrysops lotana

Lepidochrysops macgregori

Lepidochrysops methymna

Lepidochrysops oosthuizeni

Lepidochrysops oreas

Lepidochrysops ortygia

Lepidochrysops outeniqua

Lepidochrysops patricia

Lepidochrysops penningtoni

Lepidochrysops pephredo

Lepidochrysops plebeia

Lepidochrysops poseidon

Lepidochrysops praeterita

Lepidochrysops pringlei

Lepidochrysops procera

Lepidochrysops puncticilia

Lepidochrysops quickelbergei

Lepidochrysops robertsoni

Lepidochrysops rossouwi

Lepidochrysops southeyae

Lepidochrysops swanepoeli

Lepidochrysops swartbergensis

Lepidochrysops tantalus

Lepidochrysops titei

Lepidochrysops trimeni

Lepidochrysops vansoni

Lepidochrysops variabilis

Lepidochrysops victori

Lepidochrysops wykehami

Leptomyrina gorgias

Leptomyrina henningi

Leptomyrina hirundo

Leptomyrina lara

Leptotes babaulti

Leptotes brevidentatus

Leptotes jeanneli

Leptotes pirithous

Leptotes pulchra

Lycaena clarki

Lycaena orus

Myrina dermaptera

Myrina silenus

Orachrysops ariadne

Orachrysops brinkmani

Orachrysops lacrimosa

Orachrysops mijburghi

Orachrysops montanus

Orachrysops nasutus

Orachrysops niobe

Orachrysops regalis

Orachrysops subravus

Orachrysops violescens

Orachrysops warreni

Oraidium barberae

Phasis braueri

Phasis clavum

Phasis pringlei

Phasis thero

Pseudonacaduba sichela

Tarucus bowkeri

Tarucus sybaris

Tarucus thespis

Trimenia argyroplaga

Trimenia macmasteri

Trimenia malagrida

Trimenia wallengrenii

Trimenia wykehami

Tuxentius calice

Tuxentius hesperis

Tuxentius melaena

Tylopaedia sardonyx

Uranothauma nubifer

Zintha hintza

Zizeeria knysna

Zizina antanossa

Zizula hylax

Subfamily Pierinae

Appias epaphia

Appias sabina

Belenois aurota

Belenois creona

Belenois gidica

Belenois thysa

Belenois zochalia

Colotis agoye

Colotis amata

Colotis antevippe

Colotis auxo

Colotis celimene

Colotis danae

Colotis doubledayi

Colotis eris

Colotis erone

Colotis euippe

Colotis evagore

Colotis evenina

Colotis ione

Colotis lais

Colotis pallene

Colotis regina

Colotis subfasciatus

Colotis vesta

Dixeia charina

Dixeia doxo

Dixeia pigea

Dixeia spilleri

Eronia cleodora

Eronia leda

Leptosia alcesta

Mylothris agathina

Mylothris rueppellii

Mylothris trimenia

Nepheronia argia

Nepheronia buquetii

Nepheronia thalassina

Pieris brassicae

Pinacopteryx eriphia

Pontia helice

Subfamily Coliadinae

Catopsilia florella

Colias electo

Eurema brigitta

Eurema desjardinsii

Eurema hecabe

Subfamily Papilioninae

Graphium angolanus

Graphium antheus

Graphium colonna

Graphium leonidas

Graphium morania

Graphium policenes

Graphium porthaon

Papilio constantinus

Papilio dardanus

Papilio demodocus

Papilio echerioides

Papilio euphranor

Papilio nireus

Papilio ophidicephalus