Spalgis epius edged with brownish white of a shade paler than that of the ground colour; both wings with an anteciliary dark brown line with on the inner side a similar edging. Forewing, in addition, with an oval white spot beyond the cell. Cilia of both forewings and hindwings of the same shade as the ground colour of the wings. Antenna, head, thorax and abdomen pale brown, club of antennae ochraceous at apex; beneath: the palpi and thorax brownish grey, abdomen pale brown. Upperside: slightly paler brown. Forewing: the cell and apex darker; a white spot similar to that in the male
A Whiter Shade of Pale is also referred to humorously in the 1982 play "The Real Thing" by Tom Stoppard and in the 1991 film "The Commitments". Other writers have noted similar “family resemblances” to other works by Bach: the Sinfonia which opens the cantata "Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe", BWV 156, the organ chorale Prelude "O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß" (O Man, Lament Your Sin So Great), BWV 622, from the "Orgelbüchlein" (Little Organ Book) and the Cantata "Sleepers Wake", BWV140. The music also borrows ideas from "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge. Procol Harum recorded "A Whiter