Rhodogastria amasis

The Tri-coloured Tiger: remarkably coloured. The foodplants are Chrysanthemoides (Tick-berry), and Tecomaria (Cape Honeysuckle.)
   

Colotis annae

More of the Scarlet Tip. These two magnificent individuals, male and female, were at a butterfly party in Bisley Nature Reserve. They are in exuberant summer form.
See also the previous post on this butterfly.
 

Acraea oncaea

Acraea oncaea or the Window Acraea. Second from the top is a male, then next a female with the same colour as the male but told apart by the white apical patches. Next is the underside of this butterfly.
At bottom is the brown form of the female. I also think there is sphragis (a mating plug) on the posterior of her abdomen.
 

Euchrysops osiris

This is the Osiris Smoky Blue.
We found it at Cumberland, going down the Lolombazo gorge. It is my only record, we are at the southernmost limit of its distribution.
The upper-side is that of a male.
   

Anthene definita

The Common Hairtail, there are three "hairtails" extending from the posterior end of the hind-wing.
The butterfly here is a female, the male is all metallic blue on the upperside.
It is not all that common here, this one was found at Bisley Nature Reserve.
   

Catacroptera cloanthe

The Pirate, perhaps so named after the hairiness of the DSF. The winter form has richer ground colours, and is a lot more hairy, quite different from the WSF. The upper-side basal blue is only evident under certain lighting.
 

Zerenopsis lepida

The Cycad Looper Moth, the larvae can demolish a Cycad in a few days.
It is larger than but remarkably similar to the Polka Dot butterfly, Pardopsis punctatissima.