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 Hypolimnas deceptor Hypolimnas misippus Junonia hierta Junonia natalica Junonia oenone Junonia orithya Junonia terea Junonia tugela Precis antilope