The Eastern Blotched Leopard (Lachnoptera ayresii) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in afromontane and riverine forest from Port St. Johns in the East Cape and then along the escarpment to the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga and the Wolkberg in the Limpopo Province, north to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The wingspan is 45–52 mm for males and 50–56 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round with a peak in late summer and autumn, from January to June. The larvae feed on Rawsonia lucida and Vismia species.