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 de Oliveira Vanessa de Oliveira Vanessa de Oliveira (born 12 March 1975) is a Brazilian writer and former call girl. Born in Porto Alegre, de Oliveira became known in 2006 with her first autobiographical book, "O diário de Marise - A vida real de uma garota de programa", which recounts, among other things, most of her life as a sex worker. The book was translated in English and Italian and released in Latin America, Portugal, Italy and in the United States. In the following years, she became the author of five other books that discuss sex, behavior, relationships and religion. Meanwhile, in