The following is a list in alphabetical order of the insects included on the site.
We would like to acknowledge the assistance of Alan Gardiner with naming these insects.
110 species found
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| Insect | Common names | Type |
| Abantis paradisea | Paradise skipper | Butterfly |
| Acada biseriatus | Axehead orange or - skipper | Butterfly |
| Achaea echo | Moth | |
| Acherontia atropos | Death's head hawk | Moth |
| Acraea acara acara | Acara acraea | Butterfly |
| Acraea aglaonice | Clear-spotted acraea | Butterfly |
| Acraea cuva cuva | Chic acraea | Butterfly |
| Acraea natalica natalica | Natal acraea | Butterfly |
| Acraea oncaea | Window acraea or Rooibok | Butterfly |
| Amata alicia | Maid Alice | Moth |
| Amauris echeria lobengula | Chief | Butterfly |
| Amauris ochlea ochlea | Novice friar | Butterfly |
| Antanartia dimorphica dimorphica | Northern short-tailed admiral | Butterfly |
| Anthene amarah amarah | Black-striped hairtail | Butterfly |
| Antheua simplex | Burnished frill | Moth |
| Antiophlebia bracteata | Pearl spangled | Moth |
| Aphysoneura pigmentaria vumba | Bamboo ringlet | Butterfly |
| Argina amanda | Cheetah | Moth |
| Axiocerses amanga amanga | Bush scarlet | Butterfly |
| Axiocerses tjoane tjoane | Common scarlet | Butterfly |
| Azanus jesous | Topaz-spotted blue | Butterfly |
| Belenois aurota | Brown-veined white | Butterfly |
| Belenois creona severina | African common white | Butterfly |
| Belenois gidica | African veined white | Butterfly |
| Belenois thysa thysa | False dotted border | Butterfly |
| Bicyclus safitza safitza | Common bush brown | Butterfly |
| Bicyclus safitza safitza f. evenus | Common bush brown (dry season form) | Butterfly |
| Borbo borbonica borbonica | Olive-haired swift | Moth |
| Cacyreus palemon palemon | Water bronze | Butterfly |
| Catopsilia florella | African migrant, African vagrant | Butterfly |
| Charaxes cithaeron cithaeron | Blue-spotted charaxes | Butterfly |
| Charaxes protoclea azota | Flame-bordered emperor | Butterfly |
| Charaxes varanes varanes | Pearl charaxes | Butterfly |
| Charaxes zoolina zoolina | Club-tailed charaxes | Butterfly |
| Chiasmia simplicilinea | Oblique peacock | Moth |
| Chrysodeixis chalcites | Golden twin-spot | Moth |
| Cirina forda | Emperor moth | Moth |
| Coeliades forestan forestan | Striped policeman | Butterfly |
| Coeliades libeon | Spotless policeman | Butterfly |
| Colotis amata calais | Topaz tip, Topaz arab | Butterfly |
| Colotis antevippe gavisa | Red tip | Butterfly |
| Colotis evenina evenina | Common orange tip | Butterfly |
| Colotis evippe omphale | Smoky orange tip | Butterfly |
| Colotis ione | Bushveld purple tip | Butterfly |
| Colotis vesta argillaceus | Veined orange | Butterfly |
| Comostilopsis stillata | Pink-laced Emerald | Butterfly |
| Cupidopsis cissus | Common meadow blue | Moth |
| Cyrestis pantheus sublineatus | African map or -porcelain | Butterfly |
| Danaus chrysippus aegyptius | African monarch | Butterfly |
| Deudorix antalus | Brown playboy | Butterfly |
| Dionychopus amasis | Tri-coloured tiger | Moth |
| Erebus macrops | Walker's owl | Moth |
| Estigmene linea | Streaked ermine | Moth |
| Eucraera gemmata | Budded lappet | Moth |
| Euphaedra neophron neophron | Gold-banded forester | Butterfly |
| Eurema desjardinsii marshalli | Angled grass yellow | Butterfly |
| Eurema hecabe solifera | Common grass yellow | Butterfly |
| Euriphene achlys | Mottled-green nymph | Butterfly |
| Gorgopis libania | Golden swift, Lawn worm | Moth |
| Grammodes stolida | Stolid lines | Moth |
| Graphium angolanus angolanus | Angola white-lady swordtail | Butterfly |
| Graphium antheus | Large striped swordtail | Butterfly |
| Hamanumida daedalus | Guinea-fowl | Butterfly |
| Hippotion celerio | Silver-striped hawk, Vine hawk | Moth |
| Hippotion osiris | Large striped hawk | Moth |
| Hyalites eponina | Dancing acraea or Small orange acraea | Butterfly |
| Hyalites rahira rahira | Marsh acraea | Butterfly |
| Hypolimnas misippus | Common diadem | Butterfly |
| Hypolycaena caeculus caeculus | Azure hairstreak | Butterfly |
| Leptosia alcesta inalcesta | African wood white | Butterfly |
| Leptotes group | Blues | Butterfly |
| Libythea labdaca laius | African snout | Butterfly |
| Melanitis leda helena | Common twilight brown | Butterfly |
| Metisella metis paris | Gold-spotted sylph or -skipper | Butterfly |
| Naroma varipes | Figtree moth | Moth |
| Nephele accentifera | Accented hawk | Moth |
| Nephele comma | Comma hawk | Moth |
| Nepheronia thalassina sinalata | Cambridge vagrant | Butterfly |
| Neptis goochii | Streaked sailor | Butterfly |
| Odontosida magnifica | Magnificent scalloped hawk | Moth |
| Omizodes ocellata | Ocellate thorn | Moth |
| Pachymeta robusta | Msasa moth | Moth |
| Papilio dardanus cenea | Mocker swallowtail | Butterfly |
| Papilio demodocus demodocus | Citrus swallowtail | Butterfly |
| Papilio nireus lyaeus | Green-banded swallowtail | Butterfly |
| Papilio ophidicephalus chirinda | Emperor swallowtail | Butterfly |
| Parallelia algira | Jigsaw | Moth |
| Phalanta phalantha aethiopica | African or Common Leopard | Butterfly |
| Phasicnecus obtusus | Obtuse monkey | Moth |
| Philotherma rosa | Rose eggar | Moth |
| Physcaeneura pione | Light-webbed ringlet | Butterfly |
| Pinacopteryx eriphia eriphia | Zebra white | Butterfly |
| Precis archesia | Garden commodore, Garden inspector | Butterfly |
| Precis hierta cebrene | Yellow pansy | Butterfly |
| Precis natalitica natalitica | Brown pansy | Butterfly |
| Precis oenone oenone | Blue pansy | Butterfly |
| Precis orithya madagascariensis | Eyed pansy | Butterfly |
| Precis terea elgiva | Soldier pansy | Butterfly |
| Protogoniomorpha parhassus | Common mother-of-pearl | Butterfly |
| Pselaphelia flavivitta | Leaf emperor | Butterfly |
| Sevenia boisduvali boisduvali | Boisduval's tree nymph | Butterfly |
| Sphingomorpha chlorea | Sundowner moth or Banana hawk | Moth |
| Spindasis natalensis | Natal bar | Butterfly |
| Spoladea recurvalis | Spinach moth | Moth |
| Stugeta bowkeri tearei | Bowker's sapphire | Butterfly |
| Tarucus sybaris sybaris | Dotted blue | Butterfly |
| Temnora marginata | Marginate temnora | Moth |
| Uteteisa pulchella | Crimson-speckled footman | Moth |
| Zizeeria knysna | Sooty blue | Butterfly |
| Zizula hylax | Gaika blue | Butterfly |