Eastern Blotched Leopard
Lachnoptera ayresii
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Insects
Lachnoptera ayresii, the eastern blotched leopard, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Afromontane and riverine forest from Port St. Johns in the Eastern Cape and then along the escarpment to the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Mpumalanga and the Wolkberg in Limpopo, north to Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Lachnoptera