phanessa - vanessa ?

Vanessa is a genus of brush-footed butterflies. Most are familiar with it, as it has a near-global distribution and includes conspicuous species such as the red admirals

The name of the genus may have been taken from the girl's name. Though it has been suggested the name may be a variant of "Phanessa", from an Ancient Greek word for a mystic divinity, this is unlikely. The name of the divinity 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.