This is a list of butterflies of South Africa. Over 660 species are known from South Africa, a large proportion of which are endemic.

Family Nymphalidae

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 schaeneia

Catacroptera cloanthe

Hypolimnas anthedon

List of butterflies of South Africa