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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 = nigra
 | Infraspecific name = 
 | Taxon rank = 	
 | Taxon authority = Faynel & Moser
 | Taxon status = 
 | Wikispecies page name = Oenomaus_nigra
 | Pensoft Profile = Oenomaus_nigra
}}

==Distribution, habitat, and remarks==
This species occurs in wet lowland forest. It has been recorded from Peru and Brazil (AM). As noted, the genitalia of this species are similar to those of the newly described ''{{Taxon name|Oenomaus myrteana}}''.

==New material examined==
'''Peru'''.– '''3'''♂: LO, Agua Blanca, 0356/7328, 130 m, 17.V.2004, J.J. Ramírez leg. (MUSM, x3). '''Brazil'''.– '''1'''♂: AM, S. Paulo de Olivença, X.1983, Via Kesselring, Genitalia No. 1983: 133♂ R.K. Robbins (USNM ENT 00180054).

==Female==
Unknown.

==COI DNA sequence==
One male of ''{{Taxon name|Oenomaus nigra}}'' from Peru has been barcoded (CF-LYC-148).					

==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}}