Carales fasciatus (Rothschild, 1909) comb. n.

(Fig. 4)

Rothschild (1909b: 228) describes Opharus fasciatus based on a female holotype from Valencia [Carabobo], Venezuela, currently deposited in NHUK (Fig. 4). Travassos (1955) proposed a new combination in Phaegoptera Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] without providing supporting information and without examining the type specimen. Nevertheless, the holotype habitus is in fact very close to the habitus of the Carales astur ( Cramer, [1777]: 35; pl. 120, fig. B), the type species of the genus. For this reason, the above-mentioned new combination is here proposed. Rothschild (1909b) commented that this species is near C. astur . The latter species presents a variable color pattern on wings and a wide distribution from Mexico to Argentina. C. fasciatus could be another synonymy of C. astur, but further studies are needed to confirm this hypothesis.