About Euplexia lucipara (Linnaeus, 1758)
Technical description: The forewing is rufous ochreous, with a purple tinge and mixed olive brown coloring. The median area, a triangular blotch on the inner margin near the base, and a narrow praesubmarginal cloud are deep olive. The costa extending beyond the middle, the terminal area, and the orbicular stigma are leaden purple. The forewing lines are indistinct, and the outer and inner lines approach one another on the inner margin. The claviform stigma is olive with a dark edge. The orbicular stigma is roundish and oblique, with a paler ring. The reniform stigma is noticeably whitish, and contains a double brown lunule. The submarginal line is pale and waved. The veins toward the termen are dotted dark and pale. The hindwing is ochreous, with a dark cell mark and dark veins, and is darker in its terminal half, where a dark outer line and a dark submarginal line, both with pale edges, are visible. Distribution: This species is found across all of Europe, in Algeria, in western Asia, and throughout the Palearctic realm extending to Siberia, China, and Japan.
