| Abrostola triplasia Linnaeus, 1758 | Dark Spectacle |
| Acherontia atropos Linnaeus, 1758 | African death's head hawkmoth |
| Acraea aglaonice Westwood, 1881 | Clear-spotted Acraea |
| Acraea horta Linnaeus, 1764 | Garden Acraea |
| Acronicta (Triaena) psi Linnaeus, 1758 | Grey Dagger |
| Acronicta (Viminia) rumicis Linnaeus, 1758 | Dark knotgrass moth |
| Actizera lucida Trimen, 1883 | Rayed Blue |
| Aglais io Linnaeus, 1758 | European Peacock |
| Aglais urticae Linnaeus, 1758 | Small Tortoiseshell |
| Aglia tau Linnaeus, 1758 | Tau emperor |
| Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758 | Convolvulus hawk moth |
| Agrotis (Agrotis) exclamationis Linnaeus, 1758 | Heart & Dart |
| Agrotis (Agrotis) segetum Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Black cutworm |
| Alcis porcelaria Guenée, 1858 | |
| Alcis repandata Linnaeus, 1758 | Mottled Beauty |
| Alsophila aescularia Denis & Schi..., 1775 | March Moth |
| Amphipoea oculea Linnaeus, 1761 | Ear Moth |
| Amphipyra (Amphipyra) pyramidea (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Amphipyra berbera Rungs, 1949 |
| Anthocharis cardamines Linnaeus, 1758 | Orange Tip |
| Anthophila fabriciana Linnaeus, 1767 | Common nettle tap moth |
| Apamea (Apamea) lithoxylaea Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Light Arches |
| Apamea ophiogramma Esper, 1794 | Double Lobed |
| Aphantopus hyperantus Linnaeus, 1758 | Ringlet |
| Aporia crataegi Linnaeus, 1758 | Black-veined White |
| Araschnia levana Linnaeus, 1758 | European Map |
| Argynnis (Argynnis) paphia Linnaeus, 1758 | Silver Washed Fritillary |
| Aricia (Aricia) agestis Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Brown Argus |
| Asthena albulata Hufnagel, 1767 | Small White Wave |
| Australothis rubrescens Walker, 1858 | Indian Weed Caterpillar |
| Autographa gamma Linnaeus, 1758 | Beet worm |
| Autographa pulchrina Haworth, 1809 | Beautiful Golden Y |
| Autographa speciosa Ottolengui, 1902 | Sumatra tonguefish |
| Axylia putris Linnaeus, 1761 | Flame |
| Azanus jesous Guérin-Ménev..., 1849 | African Babul Blue |
| Belenois aurota Fabricius, 1793 | African Caper White |
| Belenois creona Cramer, 1776 | African Caper |
| Blepharita satura (Denis & Schi..., 1775) | ⇒ Mniotype satura Denis & Schi..., 1775 |
| Bupalus piniaria Linnaeus, 1758 | Bordered White |
| Cabera pusaria Linnaeus, 1758 | Common White Wave |
| Cacyreus lingeus Stoll, 1782 | Bush Bronze |
| Calliteara pudibunda Linnaeus, 1758 | Hop dog |
| Campaea margaritata (Linnaeus, 1761) | ⇒ Campaea margaritaria Linnaeus, 1761 |
| Campaea perlata Guenée, 1858 | Fringed looper |
| Camptogramma bilineata Linnaeus, 1758 | Yellow Shell |
| Catasticta (Catasticta) pieris pieris Hopffer, 1874 | |
| Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic azure |
| Charaxes sempronius sempronius Fabricius, 1793 | |
| Chiasmia clathrata Linnaeus, 1758 | Latticed Heath |
| Chilades trochylus FREYER, 1843 | Grass Jewel |
| Chrysoritis aureus (Van Son, 1966) | ⇒ Poecilmitis aureus Van Son, 1966 |
| Cidaria fulvata Forster, 1771 | Barred Yellow |
| Cigaritis mozambica Bertolini, 1850 | Mozambique Bar |
| Cigaritis natalensis Westwood, 1851 | Natal Bar |
| Cisseps fulvicollis Hübner, 1827 | Cape sole |
| Coenonympha pamphilus Linnaeus, 1758 | Small Heath |
| Colias alfacariensis (RIBBE, 1905) | ⇒ Colias sareptensis Staudinger, 1871 |
| Colias croceus Fourcroy, 1785 | Clouded Yellow |
| Colocasia coryli Linnaeus, 1758 | Nut-tree Tussock |
| Colostygia pectinataria Knoch, 1781 | Green Carpet |
| Colotis (Colotis) euippe Linnaeus, 1758 | Round Winged Orange Tip |
| Colotois pennaria Linnaeus, 1759 | Feathered Thorn |
| Condica andrena Smith, 1911 | Rough triggerfish |
| Cosmia (Calymnia) trapezina Linnaeus, 1758 | Dun-bar |
| Cucullia (Shargacucullia) scrophulariae (Denis & Schi..., 1775) | ⇒ Shargacucullia scrophulariae Denis & Schi..., 1775 |
| Cucullia (Shargacucullia) verbasci Linnaeus, 1758 | Mullein |
| Cucullia asteroides Guenée, 1852 | Asteroid |
| Cupido (Everes) argiades Pallas, 1771 | Short-tailed Blue |
| Cyclophora (Codonia) linearia Hübner, 1799 | Clay Triple-lines |
| Cyclophora annulata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Cyclophora annularia Fabricius, 1775 |
| Danaus (Salatura) genutia tychius Fruhstorfer, 1910 | |
| Deilephila elpenor Linnaeus, 1758 | Elephant Hawk |
| Diacrisia sannio Linnaeus, 1758 | Clouded Buff |
| Diarsia brunnea Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Purple Clay |
| Dichonia (Griposia) aprilina Linnaeus, 1758 | Merveille du Jour |
| Dypterygia scabriuscula Linnaeus, 1758 | Bird's Wing |
| Dysstroma truncata (Hufnagel, 1767) | ⇒ Chloroclysta truncata Hufnagel, 1767 |
| Ectochela dasophrys Tams, 1930 | |
| Ectropis crepuscularia Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Engrailed |
| Eilema depressa (Esper, 1787) | ⇒ Eilema deplanum Esper, 1787 |
| Eilema lurideola (Zincken, 1817) | ⇒ Eilema plumbeola Zincken, 1817 |
| Eilema sororcula (Hufnagel, 1766) | ⇒ Eilema sororculum Hufnagel, 1766 |
| Ematurga atomaria Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Heath |
| Ennomos quercinaria (Hufnagel, 1767) | ⇒ Ennomos erosaria Denis & Schi..., 1775 |
| Epirrhoe alternata Müller, 1764 | Common Carpet |
| Epirrhoe rivata Hübner, 1813 | Wood Carpet |
| Erannis defoliaria Clerck, 1759 | Great winter moth |
| Euagrotis illapsa (Walker, 1857) | ⇒ Anicla illapsa Walker, 1857 |
| Euchoeca nebulata Scopoli, 1763 | Dingy Shell |
| Euclidia (Euclidia) glyphica Linnaeus, 1758 | Burnet Companion |
| Eulasia (Vittateulasia) bombylius Fabricius, 1787 | |
| Eupithecia miserulata Grote, 1863 | Common Eupithecia |
| Euplagia quadripunctaria Poda, 1761 | Jersey Tiger |
| Euplexia lucipara Linnaeus, 1758 | Small Angle Shades |
| Eupsilia transversa Hufnagel, 1766 | Satellite |
| Eurema smilax Donovan, 1805 | Small Grass Yellow |
| Eutrapela clemataria Abbott & Smith, 1797 | Curve toothed Geometer |
| Euxoa velleripennis Grote, 1874 | Fleece-winged Dart |
| Glaucina gonia gonia | |
| Gonepteryx rhamni Linnaeus, 1758 | Brimstone |
| Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haworth, 1809 | Cankerworm |
| Habrosyne pyritoides Hufnagel, 1766 | Buff Arches |
| Hadena (Hadena) bicruris Hufnagel, 1766 | Lychnis |
| Herminia grisealis Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Small Fan-foot |
| Herminia tarsipennalis (Treitschke, 1835) | ⇒ Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Treitschke, 1835 |
| Heteronympha merope Fabricius, 1775 | Common Brown |
| Heteronympha merope merope Fabricius, 1775 | Common Brown |
| Hydriomena furcata Thunberg, 1784 | July Highflyer |
| Hypena (Hypena) proboscidalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Snout |
| Hypomecis roboraria Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Great Oak Beauty |
| Hyppa rectilinea Esper, 1788 | Saxon |
| Idaea aversata Linnaeus, 1758 | Riband Wave |
| Idaea dimidiata Hufnagel, 1767 | Single Dotted Wave |
| Idaea rusticata Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Least Carpet |
| Iphiclides podalirius Linnaeus, 1758 | Pear-tree Swallowtail |
| Issoria (Issoria) lathonia Linnaeus, 1758 | Queen of Spain Fritillary |
| Lacipa exetastes Collenette, 1952 | |
| Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly |
| Lasiommata maera Linnaeus, 1758 | Large Wall |
| Lasiommata megera Linnaeus, 1767 | The Wall |
| Leucania multilinea Walker, 1856 | Engelmann's milkweed |
| Ligdia adustata Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Scorched Carpet |
| Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764) | ⇒ Limenitis reducta Staudinger, 1901 |
| Lomaspilis marginata Linnaeus, 1758 | Clouded Border |
| Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 | American Copper |
| Macaria alternata Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Sharp-angled Peacock |
| Macaria liturata Clerck, 1759 | Tawny-barred Angle |
| Macdunnoughia (Macdunnoughia) confusa Stephens, 1850 | Dewick's plusia |
| Macroglossum bombus Walker, 1856 | |
| Macroglossum stellatarum Linnaeus, 1758 | Humming-bird hawk moth |
| Mamestra brassicae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabbage armyworm |
| Maniola (Maniola) jurtina Linnaeus, 1758 | Meadow Brown |
| Melanargia (Melanargia) galathea Linnaeus, 1758 | Marbled White |
| Mesapamea secalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Rustic |
| Mesene phareus eristalis (Stichel, 1923) | ⇒ Mesene leucophrys H. Bates, 1868 |
| Mesoleuca albicillata Linnaeus, 1758 | Beautiful Carpet |
| Mesosemia philocles monaeses (E. Doubleday, 1847) | ⇒ Mesosemia philocles laetifica H. Bates, 1868 |
| Minoa murinata Scopoli, 1763 | Drab Looper |
| Mythimna (Hyphilare) albipuncta Denis & Schi..., 1775 | White-point |
| Mythimna (Mythimna) impura Hübner, 1808 | Smoky Wainscot |
| Mythimna (Mythimna) pallens Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Wainscot |
| Napaea beltiana lucilia (H.B. Möschler, 1883) | ⇒ Napaea beltiana beltiana H. Bates, 1867 |
| Napeogenes tolosa amara Godman, 1899 | Tolosa Tigerwing |
| Noctua comes Hübner, 1813 | Lesser Yellow Underwing |
| Noctua janthina Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Langmaid's yellow underwing |
| Noctua pronuba Linnaeus, 1758 | Common yellow underwing moth |
| Nyctobia limitaria Walker, 1860 | |
| Nymphalis (Inachis) io (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Aglais io Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Nymphalis (Nymphalis) polychloros Linnaeus, 1758 | Blackleg Large Tortoiseshell |
| Ochropleura plecta Linnaeus, 1761 | Flame Shoulder |
| Ogyris abrota Westwood, 1851 | Dark Purple Azure |
| Oligia versicolor Borkhausen, 1792 | Rufous Minor |
| Operophtera brumata Linnaeus, 1758 | Common winter moth |
| Ourapteryx sambucaria Linnaeus, 1758 | Swallow-tailed Moth |
| Panemeria tenebrata Scopoli, 1763 | Small Yellow Underwing |
| Papaipema arctivorens Hampson, 1910 | Northern Burdock Borer |
| Papilio (Papilio) machaon Linnaeus, 1758 | 'Baird's' Old World Swallowtail |
| Paradrina clavipalpis Scopoli, 1763 | Pale mottled willow |
| Pararge aegeria Linnaeus, 1758 | Speckled Wood |
| Peribatodes rhomboidaria Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Willow Beauty |
| Peribatodes secundaria Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Feathered Beauty |
| Phlogophora meticulosa Linnaeus, 1758 | Angle Shades |
| Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758 | Ruby Tiger |
| Phyprosopus calligrapha Hampson, 1926 | Pahu |
| Pieris (Artogeia) napi Linnaeus, 1758 | 'Margined' Mustard White |
| Pieris (Artogeia) rapae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabbage butterfly |
| Pieris (Pieris) brassicae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabbage Butterfly |
| Pleuroprucha insulsaria Guenée, 1858 | Common Tan Wave |
| Polygonia c-album Linnaeus, 1758 | Anglewings |
| Polyommatus (Lysandra) bellargus Rottemburg, 1775 | Adonis Blue |
| Polyommatus (Polyommatus) icarus Rottemburg, 1775 | Common Blue |
| Pontia helice Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Meadow White |
| Protographium dioxippus diores Rothschild &..., 1906 | |
| Pseudohermonassa tenuicula Morrison, 1874 | Morrison'S Sooty Dart |
| Pseudoips prasinana Linnaeus, 1758 | Green Silver-lines |
| Rhodostrophia vibicaria Clerck, 1759 | Common Pink-barred |
| Rivula propinqualis Guenée, 1854 | Spotted Grass Moth |
| Rusina ferruginea Esper, 1785 | Brown Rustic |
| Satyrium ilicis Esper, 1779 | Ilex Hairstreak |
| Satyrium spini Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Blue Spot Hairstreak |
| Scena propylea (Druce, 1894) | ⇒ Scena styx Walker, 1854 |
| Scopula (Scopula) nigropunctata (Hufnagel, 1767) | ⇒ Scopula annularia Swinhoe, 1890 |
| Scopula nostima Prout, 1938 | |
| Siona lineata Scopoli, 1763 | Black-veined Moth |
| Sphinx (Sphinx) ligustri Linnaeus, 1758 | Privet Hawk Moth |
| Spilosoma lubricipeda Linnaeus, 1758 | White Ermine |
| Synchlora frondaria Guenée, 1857 | Southern Emerald |
| Tarucus thespis Linnaeus, 1764 | Fynbos Blue |
| Telipna acraea acraea Westwood, , 1851 | |
| Thalera fimbrialis Scopoli, 1763 | Sussex Emerald |
| Thaumaina uranothauma Bethune-Baker, 1908 | |
| Thaumetopoea processionea Linnaeus, 1758 | Oak Procession Moth |
| Thecla betulae Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown Hairstreak |
| Thecla ilicis Esper, 1779 | |
| Timandra comae Schmidt, 1931 | Blood-vein |
| Trimenia macmasteri Dickson, 1968 | Karoo Silver-spotted Copper |
| Vanessa atalanta Linnaeus, 1758 | Red Admiral |
| Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758 | Cosmopolitan |
| Watsonalla cultraria Fabricius, 1775 | Barred Hook-tip |
| Xanthia (Cirrhia) aurago (Denis & Schi..., 1775) | ⇒ Tiliacea aurago Denis & Schi..., 1775 |
| Xanthia tatago Lafontaine &..., 2003 | Northern Red-legged Frog |
| Xanthorhoe ferrugata Clerck, 1759 | Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet |
