Chrysilla volupe

Chrysilla volupe is a species of spider of the family Salticidae. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, and Bhutan.^[1]

Chrysilla volupe
Male from Kerala, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Chrysilla
Species:	C. volupe
Binomial name
Chrysilla volupe (Karsch, 1879)
Synonyms
Attus volupe Karsch, 1879 Phintella volupe (Karsch, 1879)

Description

Female from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Males have a carapace in reddish orange color with two iridescent blue stripes. Legs have iridescent scales that make them appear golden and purple shades. Females have greyish carapace with grey eyebrows with all legs yellow in color. The female was described 139 years after the species was first described by Karsch in 1879. Until 2018, only males had been identified and described, based on the male type specimen described by Karsch.^[2]