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Location of South Africa

This is a list of butterflies of South Africa. Over 660 species are known from South Africa, a large proportion of which are endemic.[1]

Family Nymphalidae

Subfamily Danainae

male Amauris ochlea

Subfamily Satyrinae

Ypthima asterope

Subfamily Heliconiinae

male Acraea horta
Male Acraea petraea
Telchinia esebria forma monteironis

Subfamily Charaxinae

Subfamily Limenitidinae

Subfamily Cyrestinae

Subfamily Biblidinae

Male Sevenia boisduvali

Subfamily Nymphalinae

Precis octavia, winter form
Protogoniomorpha parhassus aethiops

Subfamily Libytheinae

Family Hesperiidae

Subfamily Coeliadinae

Subfamily Pyrginae

Subfamily Hesperiinae

Family Lycaenidae

Subfamily Poritiinae

Subfamily Miletinae

Subfamily Lycaeninae

male Crudaria leroma
male and female Leptotes pirithous pirithous

Family Pieridae

Subfamily Pierinae

male Belenois aurota aurota
male Colotis euippe omphale
male Colotis evagore
Colotis pallene
Colotis regina
Leptosia alcesta inalcesta
Mylothris rueppellii haemus
male Nepheronia argia
male Nepheronia buquetii

Subfamily Coliadinae

Family Papilionidae

Subfamily Papilioninae

Papilio constantinus
Papilio demodocus

See also

References

  1. ^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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