Fruit feeders

Fruit feeding butterflies and beetles are often found in banana orchards, particularly when ripe banana bunches are left unharvested.

Black rajah, Charaxes solon

Charaxes solon adults are attracted to ripe banana fruit and feed on damaged/open fruits

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Fruit feeder, Heterorhina elegans

Heterorhina elegans is rarely found to feed on ripe, unharvested banana fruits

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Oxycetonia versicolor

Oxycetona versicolor adults feed on ripe banana fruits

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Fruit feeder, Protaetia aurichalcea

Protaetia aurichalcea is found to feed on ripe banana fruits left unharvested

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