Eastern Blotched Leopard (Lachnoptera ayresii)

Eastern Blotched Leopard, a reference photo — Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

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.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Eastern Blotched Leopard being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Lachnoptera anticlia
Phalanta eurytis
Vagrans egista
Phalanta alcippe
Cirrochroa thais
Vagrans sinha

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Lachnoptera
Species: Lachnoptera ayresii

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