How a butterfly sips the juice out of a fruit?
Channel: Butterflies of Mulund
Date: 2022-12-09

Here is a freshly emerged Black rajah butterfly feeding on Banana fruit, watch the proboscis movement. Butterfly caterpillars feed on leaves and adults feed on nectar from flowers. However, some butterflies feed on fruits, carrion and even excreta to retrieve additional nutrients. 
Charaxes solon, the black rajah is a butterfly of the Charaxinae sub-family or the Rajahs and Nawabs group of Nymphalid butterflies. They are frequently seen visiting fruits or tree barks for feeding in gardens. If you are planning to attract these butterflies, you can setup fruit baits in your garden or backyard, overripe juicy fruits like banana and pineapple make excellent baits.