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{{Publication to wiki notice
 | author = Faynel, Christophe AND Busby, Robert C. AND Robbins, Robert K.
 | author_abbreviated = Faynel C AND Busby R AND Robbins R
 | year = 2012
 | title = Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus ''Oenomaus'' (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini)
 | journal = ZooKeys
 | volume = 222
 | pages = 11--45
 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.222.3375
 | citationurl = http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/3375/citation/ 
 | url = http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/3375/abstract
 | publisher = Pensoft Publishers
 | publisherurl = http://www.pensoft.net/
}}					

{{Treatment start
 | Ordo = Lepidoptera
 | Familia = Lycaenidae
 | Genus = Oenomaus
 | Specific name = ambiguus
 | Infraspecific name = 
 | Taxon rank = 	
 | Taxon authority = Faynel
 | Taxon status = 
 | Wikispecies page name = Oenomaus_ambiguus
 | Pensoft Profile = Oenomaus_ambiguus
}}

==Distribution, habitat, and remarks==
''{{Taxon name|Oenomaus ambiguus}}'' is a poorly known, lowland species whose ventral wing pattern is virtually indistinguishable from those of ''{{Taxon name|Oenomaus cortica}}'' and ''{{Taxon name|Oenomaus gaia}}''. It has been recorded from French Guiana and Amazonian Peru. The previous record from Amazonas, Brazil (Faynel 2008<ref name="B17">{{aut|Faynel C}} (2008) Le genre Oenomaus Hübner, 1819, en Guyane française. 2e partie (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 113(1): 15–32. [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=20207676 http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=20207676]</ref >) was incorrect.

==New material examined. French Guiana==
. '''1'''♂: Bas Maroni, Guyane Française, gen. prep. CF n°319 (MNHN H-452). '''Peru'''.– '''1'''♂: MD, Río La Torre, 300 m, Tambopata Res., 27.IX.1987, S.S. Nicolay, gen. prep. CF n°404 (USNM).

==Female==
Unknown.

==COI DNA sequence==
The paratype from Peru has been barcoded (CF-LYC-025), and the sequence is 2–3% divergent from those of ''{{Taxon name|Oenomaus cortica}}'', ''{{Taxon name|Oenomaus gaia}}'' and ''{{Taxon name|Oenomaus morroensis}}'' (Table 1).					

==Taxon Treatment==
*{{aut|Faynel, C}}; {{aut|Busby, R}}; {{aut|Robbins, R}}; 2012: Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus ''Oenomaus'' (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini) [http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/ ''ZooKeys'',] '''222''': 11-45. {{doi|10.3897/zookeys.222.3375}}

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