Botyodes asialis Guenée, 1854

Rao, B. Sumit Kumar & Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan, 2025, Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1), pp. 129-149 : 132

Botyodes asialis Guenée, 1854 ( Figs 2C, 4C, 5C)

Botyodes asialis Guenée, 1854:321 . TL: Central India; East India / Bangladesh; Nepal.

Botys chrysotalis Mabille, 1880 :cviii–cix. TL: Madagascar.

Material examined. 1♂, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Watch Tower , 08-XI-2018, coll. K.C. Gopi and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC /T-16597) ; 1♀, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Watch Tower , 08-XI-2018, coll. K.C. Gopi and party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC /T-16598) ; 1♂, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Galathea 42.7 km, Great Nicobar , 18-XII-2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC /T-10799) .

Diagnosis. Wingspan 45–50 mm. Externally similar to other congeners in foreground colour of forewing and hindwing, but can be differentiated by prominent antemedial and postmedial irregular zig-zag markings, broad brown marginal bands of hindwings. In male genitalia, uncus curved and elongated with spines on the spatulated apex, valva oval–shaped, sclerotized costa, phallus with a robust spineshaped cornutus.

Distribution. Africa, Borneo, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia ( Kirti & Rose, 1990; Ko et al., 2019; Shaffer et al., 1996).

Remarks. Documented for the first time from Great Nicobar Island. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in the primary forests of the Great Nicobar Islands.