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Prodryas
''Prodryas persephone'' is an extinct butterfly, known from a single specimen from the Chadronian-aged Florissant Shale Lagerstatte of Late Eocene Colorado. ''P. persephone'' is the first fossil butterfly to be found in North America, and is exquisitely well preserved. Its closest extant relatives are the Mapwings and African Admirals of the genera ''Hypanartia'' and ''Antanartia'', respectively. ==Significance== The type specimen, now held at the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard University, was the first fossil butterfly to be found in North America, and has been described as "possibly the best fossil butterfly specimen ever found".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brush-footed Butterflies )〕 The appearance of a figure of ''Prodryas'' in Samuel Hubbard Scudder's book ''Frail Children of the Air'' influenced the young Frank M. Carpenter to embark on a career in paleoentomology. Scudder exhibited the specimen at the Royal Entomological Society of London in December 1893.
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