A fact from Prodryas appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 August 2010 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the fossil butterfly Prodryas persephone (engraving pictured) is so well preserved that individual wing scales can be seen? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/August.

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Great start to an interesting article. Is there any way we can get a better picture than a 113 year old engraving? Is the specimen accessible to the public? I'd love to see the colors on this insect. // Blaxthos ( t / c ) 20:27, 2 August 2010 (UTC) reply

There are photos around, but none appears to be available under a free license. If someone fancied a trip to the Museum of Comparative Zoology with a camera and a permission form, that would be great. In the meanwhile, there's a reasonable-sized picture here, for those who are interested. -- Stemonitis ( talk) 03:08, 3 August 2010 (UTC) reply

Can't tell from the pic and the blurb - is it in amber? Or is the fossil an impression of it in rock? 86.150.103.35 ( talk) 20:35, 2 August 2010 (UTC) reply

The specimen a compression/impression fossil in shale of the Florissant Formation. -- Kev min § 22:39, 2 August 2010 (UTC) reply