21. Botyodes asialis Guenée, 1854

Synonymy follows Nuss et al. (2003 –2018):

= Botyodes asialis f. liliputalis Strand, 1913;

= Botys chrysotalis Mabille, 1880 (Nuss et al. 2003 -2018).

Material: 53 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 21.01.– 05.06.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al. (SMNH).

Distribution: Palaeotropical. In Africa: Cameroon, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, La Réunion, Madagascar, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zimbabwe (De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record). Also in Australasian: Australia, Fiji; Oriental: India, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka (De Prins & De Prins 2018).

Host-plants: Apocynaceae: Tabermaemontana sp.; Boraginaceae: Ehretia sp., Ebenaceae: Diospyros sp.; Lamiaceae: Premna sp.; Magnoliaceae: Michelia sp.; Malvaceae: Urena sp.; Menispermaceae: Tinospora sp.; Moraceae: Ficus sp.; Rutaceae: Glycosmis sp.; Salicaceae: Casearia sp. (Goff 2018).