1 Larva of Erionota torus
2 Banana plant damaged by skipper
3 Skipper damage on banana
4 Banana with characteristic damage caused by skipper
5 Banana leaf damaged by skipper
6 Leaf rolls made by skipper larva
7 Leaf rolls on banana harboring skipper larvae
8 Leaf rolls on skipper damaged banana
9 Early stage larvae of skipper
10 Banana leaf damaged by skipper larva
11 Leaf rolls made by banana skipper
12 Eggs of banana skipper
13 Eggs of banana skipper
14 Eggs of banana skipper
15 Eggs of banana skipper
16 Eggs of banana skipper
17 Eggs of banana skipper (magnified)
18 Eggs of banana skipper
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20 Neonate larva of banana skipper
21 Second instar larva of banana skipper
22 Early stage larva
23 Early stage larva
24 Early stage larva
25 Larva of Erionota torus
26 Larva of Erionota torus
27 Larva of Erionota torus
28 Larva of Erionota torus
29 Larva of Erionota torus
30 Larva of Erionota torus
31 Larva of Erionota torus
32 Larva of Erionota torus
33 Larva of Erionota torus
34 Larva of Erionota torus
35 Pupa of Erionota torus
36 Pupa of Erionota torus
37 Pupa of Erionota torus
38 Pupa of Erionota torus
39 Pupa of Erionota torus
40 Larva of Erionotat torus
41 Skipper adult resting on banana leaf
42 Adult butterfly resting on banana
43 Adult butterfly resting on banana
44 Adult female of Erionota torus
45 Adult female of Erionota torus
46 Adult female of Erionota torus
47 Adult female of Erionota torus
48 Female butterfly
49 Adult of Erionota torus (female)
50 Adult male butterfly, dorsal view
51 Male genitalia of Erionota torus
52 Male genitalia of E. torus
53 Male genitalia - aedeagus
54 Female genitalia of E. torus
55 Female genitalia of E. torus
56 Female genitalia of Erionota thrax
57 Banana skipper egg showing emergence holes of egg parasitoid, Ooencyrtus pallidipes
58 Eggs with emergence holes of parasitoid, Ooencyrtus pallidipes
59 Eggs with emergence holes of parasitoid, Ooencyrtus pallidipes
60 Female of Ooencyrtus pallidipes (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), an egg parasitoid of banana skipper
61 Egg parasitoid of skipper, Ooencyrtus pallidipes in lateral view
62 Ooencyrtus sp. nr. pallidipes
63 Larva of Erionota torus parasitized by tachinid
64 Puparium of tachinid parasitoid of Erionota torus
65 Brachymeria lasus (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), a pupal parasitoid of Erionota spp.
66 Leaf roll showing symptom of bird predation on banana skipper
67 Bird predation on skipper - see leaf roll torn open
68 Elasmus cf. brevicornis ovipositing on banana skipper
69 Elasmus cf. brevicornis ovipositing on banana skipper
70 Elasmus cf. brevicornis ovipositing on banana skipper
71 Elasmus cf. brevicornis ovipositing on banana skipper
72 Elasmus cf. brevicornis eggs on banana skipper
73 Elasmus cf. brevicornis eggs on banana skipper
74 Elasmus cf. brevicornis eggs on banana skipper
75 Elasmus cf. brevicornis eggs on banana skipper
76 Elasmus cf. brevicornis larvae on banana skipper
77 Elasmus cf. brevicornis larvae on banana skipper
78 Elasmus cf. brevicornis larvae on banana skipper
79 Elasmus cf. brevicornis larva on banana skipper
80 Elasmus cf. brevicornis pupae
81 Elasmus cf. brevicornis pupae
82 Elasmus cf. brevicornis pupae
83 Elasmus cf. brevicornis, female
84 Elasmus cf. brevicornis, male
85 Pediobius sp., a hyperparasitoid of Elasmus cf. brevicornis
86 Agiommatus sp. (Pteromalidae) parasitizing the eggs of Erionota torus (Photo credit; H.M. Yeshwanth, Freelance Entomologist)
87 Pediobius sp., a parasitoid of banana skipper
88 Pediobius sp., a parasitoid of banana skipper
89 Tetrastichus sp., a parasitoid reared from banana skipper
90 Tachinid larva emerging from Erionota torus larva
91 Tachinid puparium on Erionota torus larva
92 Tachinid puparium on Erionota torus larva
93 Tachinid pupae reared from Erionota torus
94 Acropimpla sp. (Ichneumonidae) reared from Erionota torus