Vanessa (butterfly) poem "Cadenus and Vanessa," which is the source of the woman's name Vanessa. In the poem Vanessa is called a "nymph" eleven times, and the genus is closely related to the previously-named genus Nymphalis. Though the name has been suggested to be a variant of "Phanessa", from the name of an Ancient Greek deity, this is unlikely. The name of the deity is actually not "Phanessa" but Phanes. Johan Christian Fabricius, the entomologist who named this genus, normally used the original forms of the names of classical divinities when he created new scientific names. North American species in the genus
Vanessa Barbara Best of Young Brazilian Novelists in 2012. Vanessa Barbara Vanessa Barbara (born June 14, 1982) is a Brazilian journalist and author. She is a columnist for the newspaper O "Estado de S. Paulo", having also written for the magazine "piauí" and the newspaper "Folha de S. Paulo". Her articles are also featured in the "International New York Times". Barbara won the 2009 Jabuti Prize in Journalism for her work "O Livro Amarelo do Terminal", about the Tietê Bus Terminal. She was shortlisted for the São Paulo Prize for Literature in 2008 for her debut book "O Verão do Chibo". She