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Epocilla is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887. The name comes from (Epocillus), a soldier of Alexander the Great.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Epocilla is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to Salticidae, United States and India.

It sits within the topics Salticidae, Salticidae genera and Spiders of Asia.

Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilySalticidae
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Heliophaninae
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Epocilla calcarata female Hong Kong frontal.jpg
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Epocilla is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887. The name comes from (Epocillus), a soldier of Alexander the Great.

==Species== it contains twelve species, found in Asia, Mauritius, on the Seychelles, and Hawaii: Epocilla aura (Dyal, 1935) – Pakistan, India Epocilla aurantiaca (Simon, 1885) – India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam Epocilla blairei Żabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam Epocilla calcarata (Karsch, 1880) – India, China to Indonesia (Sulawesi). Introduced to Seychelles, United States (Hawaii) Epocilla chimakothiensis Jastrzebski, 2007 – Bhutan Epocilla femoralis Simon, 1901 – Indonesia (Sumatra) Epocilla innotata Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar Epocilla mauriciana Simon, 1901 – Mauritius Epocilla picturata Simon, 1901 – China Epocilla praetextata Thorell, 1887 – India, Bhutan, China, Myanmar to Indonesia (Java) Epocilla sirohi Caleb, Chatterjee, Tyagi, Kundu & Kumar, 2017 – India Epocilla xylina Simon, 1906 – India

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