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

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Aeropetes tulbaghia mounted specimen | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Aeropetes///tulbaghia%2C///J///Dobson%2C///a.jpg]

Family Nymphalidae

Subfamily Danainae

Subfamily Satyrinae

Subfamily Heliconiinae

Subfamily Charaxinae

Subfamily Limenitidinae

Subfamily Cyrestinae

Subfamily Biblidinae

Subfamily Nymphalinae

Subfamily Libytheinae

Family Hesperiidae

Subfamily Coeliadinae

Subfamily Pyrginae

Subfamily Hesperiinae

Family Lycaenidae

Subfamily Poritiinae

Subfamily Miletinae

Subfamily Aphnaeinae

Subfamily Theclinae

Subfamily Lycaeninae

Subfamily Polyommatinae

Family Pieridae

Subfamily Pierinae

Subfamily Coliadinae

Family Papilionidae

Subfamily Papilioninae